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    "id": 1211532,
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    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "every day, but three days, githeri and three days, rice. We will also provide 10 O’clock tea on Saturdays, so that all learners remain in school for six days a week. I am talking about Kiharu because this is an NG-CDF project. There are many such kind of projects across the country because of the thorough oversight by Members of this House. Money can now reach the corners where people need resources and Government support. Therefore, anchoring the NG-CDF in the Constitution is a very noble course. Some of the projects we undertake like the Kiharu Masomo Bora Programme the one I have just talked about, will need to be sustainable. For the sustainability of the NG-CDF programmes and projects, we need to be sure that this kitty is here for posterity. Our planning is not just for today. They are plans for the future too. I want to say something about the Senate Oversight Fund. I have had a privilege to serve in the Budget and Appropriations Committee where we appropriate over Ksh370 billion to our counties. Some of the money can unlock our local or village economies, and our taxonomies across all counties if only these funds are expended in a manner that stimulates the economy. Unfortunately, the bulk of this money goes into paying salaries and recurrent expenditures. The amount that survives takes off through the leadership. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we need men and women who will be the eyes of Kenyans in regards to how counties expend public money. That will go a long way in giving our Senators enough strength in terms of funds to move around, to question and to do all manner of audit. I am not talking about audit in terms of books. I mean audit in terms of projects conducted or undertaken by counties in regards to value for money and usage in terms of how these programmes help Kenyans. Therefore, it is good enough for us to extend these funds to Senators. They are doing a very good job. We need to support them to watch over the bulk of the money in the counties, which is close to Ksh400 billion. In fact, if county funds were expended the way we do with the NG-CDF, the national Government would be left with very little to do. This is a lot of money in our villages supporting education, healthcare and all the other functions that we and the county governments conduct. Therefore, it will be a good thing if we support our Senators and give them the tools that they need to conduct thorough oversight of our counties. That is important. On the issue of the two-thirds gender rule and the office of the Leader of the Official Opposition, I want to talk broadly about them with regard to democracy. Our democracy has come from far and we are becoming a champion in the region. Looking back at the inception of democracy, democracies that are properly anchored are democracies that grew after countries developed state bureaucracy. Democracy came after the State existed. Countries that have democracy coming before the State never experience stability. However, countries that first experience a strong state bureaucracy and then democracy comes in to check them usually thrive. You cannot check a State that does not exist. Therefore, it is important that even as we talk about strengthening our democracy through the two issues that the President has communicated, we realise that for a democracy to thrive, a State needs to be strong. For us to move out of the politics of static and toxic identity, we need to create other fluid identities. Currently, our politics is domiciled in tribe and ethnicity which is toxic and there is no movement. However, if we create industrialisation and a good economy, we will have other identities like where we work and levels of education which are fluid because anyone can move from one area to another in terms of identity. 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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