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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius M’anaiba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this monumental proposal that will be historic, if the NG-CDF law is rightfully anchored in the Constitution. The NG-CDF contributions are immeasurable. I come from a rural constituency where most people live below the poverty line. Students and parents are highly disappointed at the ravaging effects of the drought and the dark cloud that has been hanging over the NG-CDF. Today, life is gloomy in the rural areas, particularly the marginalised constituencies. People have no hope of pursuing their education. Whenever we go there, people look at us as leaders who have not been able to deal with the hiccups that surround the NG-CDF. The enemies of the NG-CDF are told to keep off. A few years before the coming into being of the NG-CDF, police officers used to live in dilapidated or makeshift houses, and our schools looked like shanties, but today the NG- CDF has really transformed the rural areas and people have benefited directly or indirectly. The NG-CDF has enabled the Ministry of Education to perform well, particularly on 100 per cent transition. The NG-CDF has ensured that students who could not raise school fees got education as an equaliser. Such people have been given a new lease of life through education. We cannot forget the people who built classrooms, houses for police and office blocks. They also benefitted. The rural areas have transformed because of the NG-CDF kitty. It is high time this honourable House ensured that the NG-CDF is anchored in the Constitution so that future generations can continue to benefit from it. The NG-CDF has made rural areas to be at par with urban areas. Security issues have also been addressed one way or the other through this kitty. 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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