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    "id": 1194514,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, you need to understand that for the last 18 years, NG-CDF has performed extremely well, with key mandates and disbursement of close to Ksh417.2 billion to constituencies across the country. Consequently, the Fund increased that figure from Kshs1.3 billion in 2003 and by the Financial Year 2022/2023 it stood at Ksh44.29 billion. Hon. Members, you all know exactly what NG-CDF has done on the ground - at the grassroot level. I want to put it to the public and Members in this House, why we need to protect this Fund and the others. This is so as to ensure we move forward as Kenyans and the future of this nation especially, the constituencies we develop is completely safeguarded. Hon. Members, I want us to move together and understand where we are coming from to ensure we walk this journey together. It is not a simple journey, but I know at the tail end, we will manage to convince Members. We will be 290 Members in this House who will make sure we attain the two-thirds threshold. So, we can enact this constitutional amendment. For the last five years, NG-CDF has disbursed Ksh57 billion in terms of bursaries which have benefited six million students in the Republic of Kenya. Hon. Members, it is for you to cheer this so we move with the public out there who are watching. For the last five years, NG- CDF has constructed 24,020 classrooms in different parts of this country and contributed to the education sector. We have also managed to finance and construct 1,156 dormitories which are occupying a capacity of 138,732 students. We have constructed 3,288 administration blocks in both primary and secondary schools in different constituencies. In most secondary schools, we financed and constructed 131 libraries which are making enormous changes in the learning of students in those secondary schools. Hon. Members, to ensure proper sanitation in primary and secondary schools for the last five years, NG-CDF has constructed 19,400 better sanitary toilets for our kids in this country. In the same period, the NG-CDF also helped to purchase 961 new buses to ferry students to various areas. In the same line of education, the NG-CDF enabled Members to fully complete, at least, 833 dining halls. We have been able to construct 876 staff houses within the various schools across the country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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