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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyatike, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tom Odege",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this noble debate which is going on in the House. For the last five years, I have implemented NG-CDF projects. I am among the people who advocated for devolution in this country. How I wish that this debate was about how we can devolve money to the lowest level possible and not how to stop the disbursement to the NG-CDF. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it should be a rallying call to all leaders in this country that we devolve more funds. The debate I was expecting from the Senate was how we can create a fund similar to the NG-CDF at the ward level so that we can move more money from the national level up to the lowest level possible. It is backwardness trying to think that a fund that is established closer to the people should be killed just because the name of a Member of Parliament is seen there. I have met a number of senators in functions and the way they argue shows their ignorance. I would wish as National Assembly and Senate, to have a seminar for senators to understand exactly where we are coming from and where we are going. If a senator can stand in the House and purport that we are driving big cars just because we are managing the NG-CDF is foolishness. Some of us came to this Parliament when we were driving Landcruiser V8, me inclusive. Somebody who is trying to say that I am driving a 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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