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    "id": 1514193,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1514193/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "I am being reminded by Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a, the Member for Thika Town, to also thank ourselves for signing this Motion and ensuring that it went beyond the two-thirds threshold. Two hundred and fifty-eight Members signed the Motion. That is beyond 233 Members. The NG-CDF is the most devolved Fund as far as development is concerned, where 95 per cent of it goes into development projects, bursaries, and making an impact within the community. On the other hand, when we compare it with our devolution process, we would have seen development if the funds in the county governments had been devolved to the wards. Unfortunately, we devolved corruption to the counties. When you move around here in Nairobi, it is shameful because you hear things like: \"That building belongs to a county executive committee member (CECM) from a certain county,\" or \"That House belongs to the governor from a certain county,\" and then you wonder! Some of us have been in this House for three or five years, and that kind of house is what you cannot afford. How could a CECM who has just served for one year afford that? Even when you travel out of the country, you hear that a certain mall in Dubai or Turkey belongs to a certain governor. We got it wrong as far as devolution is concerned. Therefore, the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) must be protected because its impact on society is enormous. With those comments, I look forward to waiting for the Bill next year and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you."
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