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    "speaker_name": "Yatta, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Basil",
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    "content": "enhance some form of social cohesion where those people will feel part and parcel of this great nation we call Kenya. We can achieve parity through the Fund by proper utilisation of resources. We must ensure there is public participation. Everyone’s voice must be heard and considered when this Fund is being implemented. More importantly, we must ensure fair distribution of resources. The only way we can achieve that is by making use of empirical data. Through data, we will have targeted interventions and we will channel resources where they are needed. That has not been happening. That will be one of my amendments during the Committee of the whole House. We also have to ensure prompt disbursement of this money. A Member earlier said that as of today, the NG-CDF has not been disbursed, yet there are only four months before the end of the financial year. Students from poor households are at home still waiting for money to go back to school and resume learning. We must ensure that we have a legal framework to mitigate challenges existing in disbursement of resources. That is something that all of us should support and advocate for. Otherwise, we will be talking of budget after budget and supplementary budget after supplementary budget, but there will be continuous protracted delays in disbursement of resources. We must deal with this onceand for all, otherwise we are going to slow development. When we slow development, our country will lag behind in growth and that is not what we all want to see. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to take long talking, but allow me to condole with the families that lost their loved ones: Hon. Injendi Malulu and Senator Cheptumo of Baringo County. I convey my deepest condolences and also those of the people of Yatta, for the loss of these great men who contributed to the building of this country. I pray to the Lord to give their families the fortitude to bear with the loss. I also convey my condolences to the family of the Kenya Primary Schools Heads Teachers Association (KEPSHA) Chairman, Johnson Nzioka, who passed on last week in a tragic road accident. I do submit. Thanks for giving me the Floor."
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