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    "id": 1194556,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clive Gisairo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me also thank Hon Gichimu and Hon Mule for bringing this proposed constitutional amendment to the Floor of the House. Today, as we sit here, poor Kenyans are watching us keenly because we are their representatives. The NG-CDF has changed lives back in the villages. Today as I speak, most of my constituents... Kitutu Masaba children are on extended holiday because they are not able to report to school. They are on forced extended holiday. We may want to cite NG-CDF as money for MPs, but that is not the truth. No MP has his children going to school courtesy of bursaries. This is money for the poor. So, we have to support this amendment so that we have it firmly anchored in our Constitution to ensure that the poor child is protected and guaranteed to go on with school. We have infrastructural funds that are usually given by the Ministry. However, the money is not distributed equitably. Some areas have never received that money. For example, a national school received over Kshs160 million whereas all the schools in my constituency received peanuts. They do not have laboratories and classrooms. So, this can only be done by the NG-CDF. It is the only fund that touches the poor. We are here because the people who lined up to vote for us were the poor. Very few of us were voted by the rich. So, as we sit here, let us know that our key role is to defend the poor and passing the NG-CDF is one of the ways of doing so. While at it, I propose, as one Member stated, that Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu include in the NG-CDF Bill provision of water. This is because as we increase the allocation to 5 per cent, it means more funds will be available. So, let us have water covered in this Fund to help communities get water. Also, the allocation for sports should be slightly increased from the current 1 per cent of the total allocation. Sports is a key activity in our communities. That provision will help us nurture talents and support the youth. It should not be just about education. Some youth are talented in sports. Let us have more funds for the youth. It will 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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