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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for protecting me. I wish to thank the Member for Ainabkoi, Hon. Chepkong’a, for making it right by looking at the law, and answering the questions that were asked by the members of the public. The NG-CDF has been taken around corners. It has undergone so many changes because some few people feel that the NG-CDF does not deserve to serve the people of this Republic. I remember an American called David Thoreau who once wrote an article called Civil Disobedience. Civil disobedience means disobeying the laws that you know are unjust. I believe the rulings which have been made by the courts severally are parts of the laws that the people of this Republic should civilly disobey. I say so because the CDF or the NG-CDF – or whatever name it is called – just like what my colleagues have said, salvaged the image of the people of this Republic. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF) managed to equalise many areas which were always marginalised. It has brought value to the society. It has made people who do not have access to education, to access education. It has made people access roads and many other things that would not have happened in this Republic. The reason I feel there is this continuous litigation against NG-CDF is because of sibling rivalry. There are some members of the county assemblies who feel that when the Members of Parliament oversee the NG-CDF, they make inroads in the society. I wish to thank Hon. Chekong’a. Let us entrench this in the Constitution and allow it to work. Lastly, I want to wish the Members of this House and the members of this country a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I also wish to take this opportunity to invite Members of this House and members of the public to Kapkatet, the Kalenjin Music Festival. That would be a great moment for all of us. You are all invited. Thank you."
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