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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bonchari, UPA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Onchoke",
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    "content": " So, you ask yourself if it is the same in other constituencies whereby the section that is funded by the county government is a structure that you do not want in your schools. In short, I am trying to say that the NG-CDF is accessible. Therefore, I support the idea that it should be entrenched in the Constitution. I thank the President for joining us as we are already working on it as Members of Parliament to make sure that it is properly protected so that it is not attacked by anybody who wakes up thinking of something to attack and they decide to go for the NG-CDF. As regards the proposal to create the office of Leader of the Official Opposition, I have read the Memorandum from the President. I have also listened to Members contributing to it but I am not convinced that I have heard the reason why we should have the Leader of the Official Opposition who will protect the Opposition. I do not know whether we have an Opposition in this House. We need to make up our minds on whether we want a presidential or a parliamentary system. Even as we discuss these constitutional amendments, we need to have a general framework. What do we want? What is the direction that we want to move towards? This is so that as we discuss the amendments, we are guided by proper theories and a framework that will give us a good Constitution. I am not convinced why we should be talking about the Leader of the Official Opposition in the House. Since we have already defined the direction in which we want to move so that we protect the NG-CDF, the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) and the Senate Oversight Fund, one thing we need to guard against is to not get caught up with many issues put together in the omnibus Memorandum which can get convoluted and, therefore, lose what we want to achieve. We want the NG-CDF and the NGAAF protected and the Parliamentary Oversight Fund also introduced to support Members of Parliament as they perform their oversight role. This is so that we do not have something unpopular that will kill the good ideas that will help this country to achieve the objectives and ideals that it stands for. The explanations I hear for bringing Cabinet Secretaries to the House are expedience, convenience and efficiency. We need to be guided by the Constitution. How does that align with the Constitution? Is that what we intended or what we want? How does it align with the Committee system that we are currently using to get answers and responses about the work that the Government is doing? 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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