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    "id": 1368715,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to also contribute to the NG-CDF (Amendment) Bill which is very important. First, I want to thank the two leaders of the House; the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Ichung’wah, and the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi. They have come out boldly and brought this Bill. For a very long time, the NG-CDF has had many cases in court. I want to thank the President for his boldness because he was a Member of Parliament and used the NG-CDF. He supervised it well and completed many projects which I have been seeing for many years as I drive on the road. The NG-CDF has done a lot until it has created a lot of jealousy from county governments. The sponsors of court cases are county governments. The governors are the ones who sponsor people to go to court because of what the NG-CDF has done although it gets little money of about Ksh100 to Ksh200 million, compared to county governments that get billions of shillings. We have seen other countries sending their parliamentarians to benchmark in Kenya and see what the NG-CDF has done. You will not see a Member of Parliament in the NG-CDF Board sharing revenue. I want to thank the CEO of the NG-CDF Board, Mr Mbuno. Since I came here, I have seen him and his board managing this Fund very well. I also want to thank the Chairperson of the NG-CDF Committee, Hon. Sirma and the Members for the good work. This is the only money which Kenyans can say has done a lot of work in terms of building schools, administration offices and bursaries for our children. If you ask the poor mwananchi out there, he or she will tell you that this is the only Fund which seems to be working and has done a lot everywhere. Many projects stalled after devolution came in, but I am proud of the NG-CDF because you can count and show somebody..."
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