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    "id": 1451737,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyatike, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tom Odege",
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    "content": "If it was not for the NG-CDF, we would not have schools to be proud of; orphans would not have gone to school; and our police officers, chiefs, schools or school administrators would not be having something they can pinpoint out to be happening down there. Some of us worked in the Civil Service when the NG-CDF was not there. We fundraised for every orphaned student who went to school. But as we talk now, fundraising for secondary school fees have drastically reduced because of this money. Students are reporting to the various selected universities on August and September and I am sure all Members of Parliament’s phones are full of messages targeting bursaries. Where do we get that bursary? The NG-CDF. So, if somebody is coming out to purport that this money is being misappropriated by Members of Parliament, let them go to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) or the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and report. A Member of Parliament is not allowed to even do business with this money. And if there is any Member of Parliament who is doing business with this Fund, the law is there. Let them be apprehended. But we cannot group everybody and tell the whole country that Members of Parliament are buying cars using that money. Let them single out those individual Members of Parliament. But let us not fight a Fund which is doing good service to the people of Kenya. We must defend this money. And on this one, we must defend the position of the Committee. I say here categorically that we are going to die with the Committee and ensure that we protect this Fund not for ourselves, but for the people of Kenya. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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