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"speaker_name": "Sigowet/Soin, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Justice Kemei",
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"content": "The President also touched on the issue of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). This kitty has been transformational when you look at the kind of development that we have in our counties. The county governments get more money than NG-CDF but, if you look in all the counties, you will see more projects funded by NG-CDF and fewer projects funded by the county governments. I want to request my colleagues to be available when the day comes for us to discuss the NG-CDF. Let us not shy away from the fact that we are the representatives of the people and we perform important roles in the development of this country. Even if it means initiating an amendment process to entrench the NG-CDF in the Constitution of this country, we should not shy away from doing so. We need to do it. In the Constitution, the people of this country created two Houses – the Senate and the National Assembly. They did not opt for the House of Commons and the House of Lords as in the United Kingdom. They did not go for the House of Representatives and the Senate as in the United States of America. They opted for the National Assembly and the Senate with distinct responsibilities as per Articles 94, 95 and 96 of the Constitution. As leaders entrusted with leadership in this country, we should not engage ourselves in turf wars that do not help the people of our nation. If it comes to a situation where we need to support the Senate so that they can perform the oversight role, it is my submission that we will have to do just that. The Senate and the National Assembly is a brotherhood created by the people of this country to be able to serve them better. There is no lower or upper House. It is just a brotherhood of two Houses separated by a passage. That is what the people of this country decided to go for."
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