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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The NG-CDF is at the heart of Kenyans. The NG-CDF is the best-known of all the funds we know of. Not just because it is called the “National Government Constituencies Development Fund” but because of what it does. Everything that the NG-CDF does is at the heart of every Kenyan. If we talk about schools, the NG-CDF is leading. It graciously helps the present and the future of Kenyans. I wish the Government could reason with us on this because we are helping it and Kenyans. If you were to report what the NG-CDF has done, then you would realise that this is a fund that the Government should emphasise on in development. I agree that we have had some mistakes before. I do not know if they are professional or whether they are the predominant mistakes in the Kenyan Government service— the usual “corruption” that we know of. One may point out corruption in some of the mistakes, and if that is the case, then appropriate action should be taken. However, we should not just blind ourselves without considering that in the whole Government system— be it national Government or county Governments— corruption trickles down from the top coming down. Therefore, this issue cannot be treated by pointing out particulars. I wish the Government could overhaul its idea of the managerial system being used so that a method to get us out of this corruption menace can be found. This should be right from the national Government to the lowest level possible. A similar overhaul should be done at the county level. We can say we have done some work when we get positive results. However, isolating the NG-CDF and not considering others… Punishing those in the NG-CDF alone without doing so to any other arm of Government is discriminatory and wrong. Allow me to retrace my first point on the work and contributions of the NG-CDF to this country. We can now boast of schools and classrooms built through the NG-CDF. Many schools have been built as a result of the NG-CDF. Last year, the Government built some classrooms to accommodate JSS students; however, referring to my constituency, the quality of work compared to the NG-CDF programme is miles apart. They did utterly lesser work compared to what we did with the NG-CDF. Therefore, I can firmly say that I did much more with the same amount of the NG-CDF than the Government did with the amount used during the Late Prof. Magoha’s tenure. If the Government has projects like these in future and wants to get the results, I urge it to use the NG-CDF. It will achieve their objectives. I know many things need to be done, like in the JSS. Many schools do not have laboratories and classrooms for JSS students. They are still lacking in several ways. If the national Government wants these to be built, it should use the NG-CDF. It should give more money to NG-CDF, and it will see what NG-CDF can do. Our mandate on the NG-CDF covers security and education. On security, we have built several offices for the former provincial administrations, which is a noble thing. My colleagues and I are very disappointed Members of Parliament because the financial year is coming to an end and yet the Government is adamant. We make noise but nobody listens. They do not want to give us the remaining amount of the money. I am almost certain because I heard the Leader of Majority Party say that we are going to get an answer to the question that was asked by one of us. I know they will probably say we will get the money at a time they will specify but we are now used to that. The promises are always made, but the actions do not follow. We are immune to what they say because nothing is done. 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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