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    "id": 1194584,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1194584/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Gitari",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I congratulate Hon. Gichimu and Hon. Mule for bringing this timely debate. From the onset, I would like to remind Kenyans that what was annulled in court was the CDF Act, 2013. We still have the NG-CDF Act, 2015. I was in the 10th and 11th Parliaments, and I know how these two Acts came into place. So, I urge the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury not to shy away, because we are covered. As I speak, we have children at home. We are receiving calls because we do not have money for bursaries, bearing in mind that the Form Fours and Class Eight pupils are about to sit for their exams soon. Even the others in Grade Four are about to go to junior secondary school. It is a critical moment. We are supposed to be having that money so that we can clear issuing bursaries to avoid interruption of Form Four classes. The NG-CDF was active when I served in the 11th Parliament. There were no restrictions as such, because many functions were not devolved. I clearly remember that we did 11 dispensaries in Kirinyaga Central. About six or seven of them are still running. Things changed when these functions were devolved to county governments. If you go to any constituency or county, you can show what the NG-CDF has been doing since Hon. (Eng.) Muriuki Karue started it. If you go to any part of the country, you will find the NG-CDF offices 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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