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    "id": 1240877,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to the Motion on the consideration of the reports of the Auditor-General on the financial statements for the NG-CDF for 26 constituencies. The NG-CDF and the NGAAF are very important not only to Members, but mainly to Kenyans. Members are just patrons of the funds. What those funds have done is unmatched. Lives have been changed because of the NG-CDF and the NGAAF. Students, especially those from vulnerable families, have been able to go to school, thanks to these funds. Widows, single mothers and people who are differently enabled have taken their children to school, courtesy of the NG-CDF and the NGAAF. More importantly, those who would have dropped out of colleges and universities have been able to continue with their studies with the help of these funds. These funds have caused a turn-around in the lives of many people. In Kericho County in particular, I want to appreciate what has been done by the NG- CDF and the NGAAF. Infrastructure in schools has been developed. Tea-buying centres have been improved. Through the NGAAF, youths, women and people living with disabilities have been empowered. I have an initiative called ‘usawa kwa wote’ where very humble families have been supported by the NGAAF. Recently, through the NGAAF, very vulnerable families received fertilisers and maize seeds to plant during this season. They are now happy. Although not everybody benefited from the fertilisers and maize seeds, the 1,000 families which benefitted from the same appreciate it. This will go a long way in ensuring that we are food secure. The NGAAF and the NG-CDF have supported value addition in terms of agriculture, especially in the coffee and tea sectors. Vulnerable families have received assistance. I believe that in the near future, they will have a source of income. The NG-CDF and the NGAAF have given hope to the hopeless. People who did not know what to do next now have hope through these Government initiatives. Therefore, I believe that as Members of this House, we will work prudently to ensure that these funds reach the people who need them. People have improved their talents through these funds through ball games and athletics. The promise by His Excellency the President of Kenya to give an additional Ksh1 billion is good. This is 50 per cent additional to what is there in every constituency. This will go a long way in helping more families."
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