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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate you for giving me this opportunity to contribute towards this Motion of great importance to our constituencies and to our constituents. It is true that the Auditor-General has done her part. We need to appreciate the work she is doing to make sure that there is transparency and accountability in those funds. Even if the Member of Parliament does not oversee the whole kitty of the NG-CDF, he has a very important role of patronage of that Fund. We have seen quite a number of developments in terms of infrastructure and work being done by that Fund. We have also seen serious developments in terms of school infrastructure. This has ensured that we have modern schools and classrooms that can accommodate a number of students schooling within our constituencies, thus increasing the intake in public primary schools and public secondary schools and making sure that there is 100 per cent transition from our primary to our secondary schools. That work cannot be done without the NG-CDF. Out of the many funds that we have within our Republic, one of the funds that has been well utilised is the NG-CDF that is overseen by the Members of Parliament. We have seen serious developments in terms of renovations, and making sure that our students have enough infrastructure to make sure they are comfortable when they are schooling and studying within our public primary schools. NG-CDF also deals with security, making sure that we have enough police stations. We are looking into such developments to help us house our police officers within our constituencies so that we can enhance the security system within the constituency. Bursary has also been a very big issue in the Republic and within our constituencies. We need to look at fairness in terms of how we distribute those bursaries in our constituencies. Sometimes, we have so many needy members. For example, in Kiambaa Constituency, I have 120,000 voters, and the amount of money that we get for bursaries is not enough to make sure there is equal distribution. Sometimes, students go without bursaries. We, therefore, recommend – and we will bring an amendment to the NG-CDF Act to the Floor of this House, to separate the bursary and the infrastructure development of the NG-CDF. We will make sure that any student within the Republic of Kenya can get an equal share of the bursary, whether they are in Kiambaa, Uasin Gishu or Wajir. We will make sure that each and every student gets an equal amount of money from the NG-CDF. We will bring this amendment and make sure that we separate the bursary and the infrastructure. We will make sure that the board audits and ensures that all the students within the Republic of Kenya get the same bursary allocation. This will ensure fairness and equity in the distribution of NG-CDF. Some constituencies like Ruiru have more than 200,000 voters, but they receive the same NG-CDF amount with a constituency that has 25,000 voters. It, 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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