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    "id": 1368776,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere South, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng.) Nebart Muriuki",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the chance to put my voice on this Bill. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party for coming up with this Bill which is very important to the citizens of this country. I want to thank the Committee on the NG-CDF for even taking public participation regarding this Bill. I rise to support the Bill because the NG-CDF is the only Fund which is felt on the ground. Those who are opposed to this Fund are also witnesses that it is actually performing what it is supposed to do on the ground. It is a Fund which is being felt and they are opposing it not because it is not helping the citizens of this country, but because of other reasons, which I may say are more political than social or economic. This Fund is very important that the citizens of this country do not know its boundaries. They would come to the NG-CDF for the support of anything, medical-related issues, burial and any problem facing the community. Even those who are in the county government are asking the NG-CDF to support functions which are very much under the county governments. For example, you will find many of our medical facilities are dilapidated and the citizen of this country would wish that the NG-CDF can be used in the same way we use it to build schools, to build dispensaries and hospitals. However, because of separation of powers, it cannot be used. I support this Bill because it has clearly spelt out what the NG-CDF should be doing for the citizens of this country and what the county government should do. It will help us as Members of Parliament to address the issues which concern us and also refer others which concern the county governments. I thank the Committee of the NG-CDF because there are certain things which we have not been able to do with this Fund, such as buying machinery and equipment which is very necessary to support the education sector. Take an example of the semi-arid areas where you will find that during the dry seasons, schools do not have water. Yet the Fund was not permitted to buy water bowsers to supply water to schools because the supply of water would involve some kind of re-current expenditure. However, Clause 7 provides that the Fund can now be used to buy machinery, equipment and even vehicles. Now money can be set aside to support recurrent expenditure for that. This will help those who come from such areas, like myself, to support schools in the supply of water."
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