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    "id": 1238954,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "whether it is equal distribution, ward distribution or by population—at the end of the day, some constituencies will be disadvantaged. As a House, as we legislate on this matter, we should minimise the unfairness. For example, Members of Parliament from Nairobi could be having 10 primary schools and one or two secondary schools; in totality, about 15 schools in a constituency. In my constituency, I have 132 primary schools and 57 secondary schools. The implication of this is that in terms of the number of students and of infrastructural resources, then I have to put more resources to educational infrastructure, but in terms of enrolment, they have ten times the number of students in my constituency. Therefore, while I need more money for infrastructural development, they need more money for bursary. The bursary allocation is 5 per cent in all constituencies. The Members of Parliament from Nairobi are disadvantaged when it comes to bursary allocation but then they have an advantage in terms of infrastructural development. We need to have an input flexibility so that those who have more students would request the NG-CDF Board to approve more resources for bursaries other than the maximum of 5 per cent. Those of us who have fewer students can apply to have more money channelled to infrastructural development. In that case, we will have balanced development which will benefit of all of us. At the end of the day, we will develop our constituencies through the NG-CDF programme to an extent that Kenyans get value for money and we will better their lives. This is the objective of the NG-CDF. With those many remarks, I support this Report and wish the Committee well as it continues serving the rest of the country."
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