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    "id": 1571755,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Mulanya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. The fight against NG-CDF is not just about the Fund. It is a misplaced fight where many people are fighting Members of Parliament. So, they wrongly direct their anger to the Fund. When you walk around the country you will realise the gains made by the NG-CDF. In my constituency Nambale, we have many new schools that were constructed using the Fund. Article 53 of the Constitution guarantees Kenyan children free basic education. How will we achieve this? It cannot be achieved if our children have to cover two to three kilometres to school. In Nambale Constituency, we have earmarked the construction of six new schools. The only fund that can help the people to achieve this is NG-CDF. It will be used to build these schools near homes to enable children easy access. The judges who seat in courts and decide cases are products of government schools. In these current times, we cannot have school children walking a distance of three kilometres to attend school. That is why we build schools near homes so as to reduce the walking distance. In most parts of our country, Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs initially never used to have offices. All the gains made for our people to be served properly by administrative units were made through NG-CDF. People say NG-CDF is pocket money for Members of Parliament. Withdrawing this Fund will be a great injustice to Kenyans. The only option we have is to entrench it in the Constitution. Then, increase allocation so it can be used for development in the rural areas. People are saying that the Fund offends the doctrine of separation of powers. However, we must appreciate that it applies to the National Government functions like education, security and administration. People want it withdrawn yet it will not affect the county governments allocations because they have their own allocations. As has been said, we are 13 years into devolution. In many parts of this country, some schools do not have the Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) classes. So, county governments must concentrate on the funds allocated to them. They should allow the National 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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