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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie Waweru",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was keen to speak to an earlier issue, but the matter on the Floor of the House is of concern to every Member of Parliament. The issue of the NG-CDF is a matter I would like to add my voice to. Any Member here will tell you the import of this Fund called the NG-CDF. In fact, if there is one thing that this House should do, it is to take up the level of the NG-CDF to 2.0. Hon. Muriuki Karue came up with the idea of the NG-CDF, which has become a spectacle in this country. Internationally, people recognise that there is a way through which funds can be devolved to the furthest part of a country and they become effective. In the life of this Parliament, we must seek ways of taking the NG-CDF to a level where it becomes a leading light to the people who are running the counties. A juxtaposition has been done over and over again. If you go to your constituency and compare the amount of money that goes there through the NG-CDF with the money that goes there in terms of devolved funds through the county government, the difference is like day and night. I want to imagine that this House will take advantage of this matter that has been brought to this House and not only debate it as a miscellaneous amendment Bill, but also when it gets to the Committee of the whole House, the House will put in good proposals that will bring up the NG-CDF to 2.0. We will not only establish it in law, but also build it up in terms of money allocated as a percentage of the national budget so that the NG-CDF keeps doing the good things that it does to the constituencies. I appreciate this opportunity. I support."
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