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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turbo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Janet Sitienei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Fund has also supported people who have had challenges in paying for the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). We have been able to identify very needy homesteads and supported them through the NHIF to access healthcare services, which is provided for in the NG-CDF Act. Therefore, we should not take this Fund lightly. We only want to enhance it, so that we can support and reach out to very many people. Apart from improving enrolment in schools, the NG-CDF has also improved the mean grades of our schools. Because children go to school every day without interruption, courtesy of NG-CDF bursaries, the mean scores of our schools have improved. It is unfortunate that some constituencies still have classrooms that are constructed without concrete. No child in this era of the NG-CDF should study in a mud-walled classroom with grass-thatched roof like we see in other places. We are asking that the allocation to the NG-CDF, which was modestly enhanced during the 12th Parliament, be enhanced further to at least five per cent of the national Budget to cater for other facilities within schools. The NG-CDF has also supported the nurturing of talents through sports. It has also supported climate change initiatives in terms of tree-planting. Therefore, we request that since we have all been directed by His Excellency the President to plant 15 billion trees, we use this Fund to ensure that when we plant trees, they actually survive. Members of Parliament should 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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