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    "id": 1571765,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": "the District Development Committees (DDC). I happen to have been a District Commissioner (DC) during those times. The DDC was an instrument that the Government used to ensure participation by local leadership and departments at the district level in planning and distribution of resources. Devolution brought in counties. The whole experiment of counties and NG-CDF is a progression. As of today, NG-CDF has proved to be working. Therefore, we need to entrench it in the Constitution, especially now that we have counties as devolved units. After entrenching this Fund, we should consider entrenching the Ward Development Fund to ensure that devolved funds allocated to county governments reach the grassroots. So, as NG-CDF reaches constituencies, we want county government funds to also reach the wards. So, the public can really feel the development. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I support the entrenchment of NGCF, NGAAF and SOF in the Constitution. I urge all Members to turn up so that we give the Bill the two-thirds support."
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