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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Budget clearly aims to devolve resources to the constituencies. This is a very good thing. I agree with my colleagues who said the Minister needs to call for a seminar, so that he can explain how exactly these resources will be utilized at the constituency. It is clear that the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) shall be disbursed through the existing CDF structures. That is very clear. However, the other resources are to be disbursed as per the CDF framework. There is a difference. In my constituency, we are undertaking CDF projects and at the same time, we also oversee projects undertaken by the Ministry of Education. What I have never been able to understand is why through CDF we are able to build a classroom at a cost of between Kshs400,000 and Kshs500,000, where as I have not seen the Ministry of Education build a classroom at less than Kshs800,000! This is the same environment and workforce. This disparity clearly shows that the CDF funds are better utilized than those funds that are put into the hands of the departmental heads of Ministries."
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