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    "id": 1194530,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1194530/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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    "content": "to be included in the Bill. I do not understand why this Fund is locked to be used for security and education needs only. There are other things that this Fund is supposed to do. Because we have been given time as Members of Parliament to put this in our Constitution, I want Members, the public and the Senate to open up the space of things that this Fund can do. In the Constitution, we need to state what the NG-CDF is supposed to cater for at the national and county level. If you look at what the national Government is doing, you will find that it is a replica of what the county governments are doing. Matters water, for example, are done at both levels, but at different capacities. I urge this House to consider including water in the Fund's programmes. We Members of Parliament are suffering because people call us to even supply water to them! Here, we are told it is a county government function. Members, as we debate this proposal and look at how we can entrench this in the Constitution, let us consider matters water. In any case, 85 per cent of Kenya is arid and semi-arid. The issue of water is key. As we look at education and everything else, let us consider including provision of water under the NG-CDF. This is our Fund and it can make an impact. Thank you."
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