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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, at the outset, I oppose this Motion and call upon every Hon. Member of this House to oppose it. This is one way of disenfranchising a whole nation and giving resources to certain regions that are politically correct. However, the people in my constituency know about its benefits because I am there to represent them as their Member of Parliament. I have a team that can reach out to every person. If we make the mistake of taking this money to the Ministry of Education, we all know where it will go and we will not allow that. As a House, we have empowered many families that would otherwise have not accessed education. We are the representatives of the people and, therefore, know the needy families. We go out there to solve problems. There are certain schools that would not be functioning if it was not for NG-CDF. The Ministry has a lot of money for bursaries. Where does that money go? Today, you actually want to take this money back to the Ministry! It will not happen. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this House will not allow it to happen. This is a defeatist Motion which we must defeat in this House. If we had quorum now, we would have voted so that we send a clear signal that we have no confidence and trust in the Ministry of Education to handle bursaries or any other money. I was very surprised the other day, when I went there to request for infrastructure money. They told me it was divided and already given to certain 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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