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    "id": 1211195,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bonchari, UPA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Onchoke",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I will not go deep into the law or constitutionality of the issues that have been presented through the President’s Memorandum. Allow me to speak very generally on the issues before us on the NG-CDF, the proposed office of Leader of the Official Opposition, the suggestion that Cabinet Secretaries come to the House and the two-thirds gender rule. Having listened to the contributions from the Members who have spoken before me, the tally I have taken is that the NG-CDF is not in contention. The President is joining where the House is already moving to. There is a team already working on this matter so that the NG-CDF is properly shielded and guarded so that it is not taken away from the people who need it so much. The NG-CDF has done a lot. I have just come from Bonchari Constituency, which I represent. There is need to have even more of it going to the people so that it can support all the projects and functions it is intended to support. When you compare the NG-CDF with the other two accounts – the national Government and county governments accounts – there is a stark difference. It is only the NG-CDF that does not have a pending bill. Not a penny. The county governments accounts and the national Government accounts have pending bills worth billions of shillings. Many countries have come to Kenya to study this model and they are implementing it back in their homes. It is a big success in many countries of the world. Therefore, the question you should pose is: Why do you want to do away with something that is working for us, which has been borrowed and is working well wherever it has been taken? 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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