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    "speaker_name": "Limuru, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng.) John Kiragu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I also rise to support anchoring of the NG-CDF, NGAAF and Senate Oversight Fund in the Constitution. Having served in the 11th Parliament, I saw what the CDF can do. During that time which was five years ago, we in Limuru established five secondary schools in areas where transition to high school was a very difficult thing. We know that there are the challenges of improving education and security. This Fund helps a lot in solving this matter. However, we know that it is not everybody who is happy with how NG- CDF works. It is practical and achieves results, and some people have been fighting it. There are people who are against development. They are jealous and think that the poor should not have an opportunity to improve their lives. This Fund supports the people who are at the bottom of the economic ladder, and they are able to move themselves up and contribute a lot in this country. The last two weeks after issuing bursaries in Limuru to about 13,000 children, we still have a challenge of being unable to help many others who cannot afford enrolling themselves in Form 1. I organised a marathon to raise more funds, and through it, we were able to take 50 more children who were at home to school. It pains me a lot to hear people say that since the Fund is not in the Constitution, it is not good. It should be entrenched in the Constitution, so that the enemies of the poor will have nothing else to base their argument on. I support the NGAAF because it will help in dealing with special needs and reaching out to the people who are not well off. The Senate Oversight Fund is good because it helps the Senators oversee the work that is done on the ground. If you go round in most of the counties, to be honest, most of what you see are NG-CDF projects. The Senate will help to push the governors so that more money for development is seen on ground. I also support the revision of the Standing Orders to allow the CSs to come to the Floor of this House. This will help us get good answers of the Questions that we raise through the committees. We know that it will be a time for us to also evaluate the performance of the Cabinet. Most of the answers given through the Committees are sometimes not serious because they know that the CSs may not appear before the committees. As for those selective Questions that the House will find necessary for the CS to come and answer on the Floor of the House, it will help us provide better oversight. There is the issue of the establishment of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, which is a good idea. Anybody who will serve in the Opposition will be facilitated. They will have a research team to help them address the issues that they need to raise with the Government. When you listen to people shouting and talking about what the Government is doing in rallies, the information is not always researched or factual. However, with an office and facilitation, it will help enhance democracy in this country."
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