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    "id": 1368677,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to add my voice to this important debate on the NG-CDF. As many of the Members have said, the impact and importance of this Fund cannot be over-emphasised. In the last general election, I had an opportunity to traverse my county, Garissa, as a candidate for governorship. In all the villages I went to during the campaigns, all the public facilities were courtesy of the NG-CDF. Any other project put up by the county government has stalled. Even the projects initiated by devolved Funds that were done before the 2010 constitutional change, which are, dispensaries, health centres and water points have all been abandoned. Some of them have become homes to donkeys and other domestic animals. So, this Fund is the first level of devolution. I wish that when we are changing the Constitution, we would have used this model before fully going into county governments. Nevertheless, putting more effort and resources into NG-CDF should be 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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