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    "id": 1514258,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me stand and go on record to support my colleagues for bringing this constitutional amendment to entrench the NG-CDF, the Senate Oversight Fund and the NGAAF. Article 63 of the Constitution compels state organs - and that means the Government - to have reasonable access to services in all parts of the country. Article 43 has a list of economic and social rights that have literally been met by NG-CDF. I happened to be in court on the day of the ruling and it was a very sad day. A bench of Kenyan judges could say that NG-CDF is unconstitutional and that it has done nothing; or what it has done is illegal or unlawful. I forgave them because the Bible says that we should forgive 70 times seven times, but if I had a way, I would not have forgiven them. The fallacy that a constituency is not a unit of service delivery flies in the face of Article 63 of the Constitution. Kenyans live in constituencies and not in the counties. Counties are just an amalgamation of the constituencies. Kenyans who live in those constituencies deserve services, both from the county government and the national Government. So, to say that the national Government cannot use any other system to take services to the grassroots is literally unfair and a fallacy. The truth of the matter is that the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) should be tied to the Members of Parliament. Why do I say so? It is a poisoned chalice to a Member of Parliament. That is because if you mess up with the NG-CDF, the 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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