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    "id": 1451648,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1451648/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": "almost 50 secondary schools, courtesy of the NG-CDF. That is not about an individual, but the community. It is what we are doing. Right now, there are several police stations that we want to construct and if we are going to rely on the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, it will take us ages to construct them. I want every member of the public to know that this is a Fund that goes down to the poorest child in the village. The NG-CDF gives bursaries to children from poor families. As a House, we need to strengthen the NG-CDF. We need to make it stronger, efficient and accountable so that the officers overseeing it, including Members of Parliament, are accountable for it. Fund account officers need to make sure that the operation of this Fund is above board. This Fund is going to leave a legacy in this country in terms of devolution. It is more effective than what the county governments are doing. It is more effective than all the other funds that the various governments have tried to take to the rural people. During the Moi Administration, we had the District Focus for Rural Development (DFRD) programme. We have also had various funds like the Women Enterprise Fund and Uwezo Fund, among others, but they cannot be equated to the NG-CDF in terms of the impact on the social, economic and political spheres of our societies. As a House, as we look at the Report of the Auditor-General and the Decentralized Funds Account Committee's Report, we need to find ways to make it more constitutionally viable and ensure that the laws that we have are for the benefit of the people. Thank you."
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