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    "id": 1368611,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Owen Baya (",
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    "content": "Clause 13 of the Bill provides for deletion of Section 54(2) of the Act which provides that normal Government development allocations shall continue alongside the projects funded under this Act. Clause 14 of the Bill provides for the consequential amendment to Section 14 of the National Government Coordination Act No.1 of 2013 to ensure that constituencies are recognised as National Government Service Delivery Units. The present NG-CDF setup is seen as separate from the National Government offices. In this proposal, the NG-CDF will be part of the National Government Service Delivery Units such that if a County Commissioner or a Sub-County Commissioner calls for a meeting of Government officers, the Fund Managers and officers of the NG-CDF will be welcome because that entity will be part of the National Government Service Delivery Units. It will not be separate. Therefore, the amendment will ensure that they are part of the co-ordination that is done at the National Government Services. As I conclude, I note the amendments to the Bill as proposed by the Committee include, but are not limited to ensuring additional funding of education bursaries, climate change mitigation measures and recurrent activities or utilities for the constituency in the digital hubs. So, there are several amendments there, especially on other areas that need to be funded. The Committee is looking at them. I, therefore, beg to move this important Bill. It will ensure that the importance of the NG-CDF continues without issues that specifically make people go to court. The passage of this Bill will tell the busy bodies that are always ready to take the NG-CDF to court for being unconstitutional that, that has been cured. We will not have people saying that the NG-CDF is unconstitutional. This is a death nail to the people who always want to subvert the activities of the NG-CDF. I request Hon. Robert Mbui, the eminent Deputy Leader of Minority Party to second."
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