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    "id": 1211142,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dorothy Muthoni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I too support this very important proposal by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya. From the outset, I want to thank His Excellency for these four worthy considerations that he has thought will heal some of the problems that we contend with in this country. I also appreciate and acknowledge that the President is a seasoned politician. He has been here for quite a while and knows too well that if these issues are handled and adopted by the House, they will cure some of the issues that we contend with daily. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the raft of things that His Excellency has put across for consideration is the entrenchment of the NG-CDF and NGAAF in the Constitution. Every Member seated in this House today appreciates the important role this particular Fund plays in our constituencies as far as looking at the welfare and well-being of our electorates stands. Very many children have benefited from this particular Fund and if you walk across every constituency, this is the only Government fund that can be attributed to development. Therefore, we can only do justice to this fund if it is entrenched in the Constitution so that nobody wakes up one morning and decides that the NG-CDF should not be given to the Members of Parliament. It is important for Kenyans to understand that Members do not have a hand in this fund. It is a fund that is controlled 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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