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    "id": 1451739,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi North, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng.) Paul Nzengu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for allowing me to speak to this matter as well. From the onset, I support the Report. There has been confusion, misunderstanding or misinterpretation by many people out there about the ND-CDF. And as many Members have contributed and said, this is the only Fund that seems to be visible on the ground. The results are tangible. They can always be seen. There is nothing that is done undercover. Projects are done to completion. They are there physically. There is no provision for anyone to try and misuse the funds or misinterpret its usage. And, therefore, the misinterpretation by the civil society, senators and the enemies of our constituencies is completely misplaced. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this year alone, my constituency has allocated or given bursaries to over 16,000 beneficiaries. We have built schools, classrooms and police stations. When the police came knocking on the doors of the constituency offices asking for money for the construction of their stations, I kept wondering where the money allocated to the Ministry of Interior and National Coordination is? They are allocated a lot of money and we have the privilege to know how much some of those ministries get. Yet, some offices of the police officers, chiefs and even the DCCs are in dilapidated conditions. Others are being done in makeshift structures and yet, the National Government or the Executive is allocated quite a lot of money when you compare. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you consider the fact that the NG-CDF is part of the National Government’s funds that are taken to the constituency level, it is a unit where equality is exercised. If this money remained in the National Executive and a certain constituency like mine, which is like an opposition zone so to say, there would be no guarantee that, that money will end up getting there. We need to recognise the wisdom of our predecessors who formulated the law on the NG- CDF. I can compare that with the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) funds that are also 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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