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    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "then, the core impact remains unchanged. This House must stand firm and support this Bill so that the Fund is entrenched in the Constitution. There is also NGAAF. Women play a critical role in our society. When you travel across counties, you will notice the impact NGAAF has created. Though the allocations, about Ksh6 million to Ksh8 million per constituency, or about Ksh42 to Ksh60 million per county, are relatively small, the outcomes are visible. We have seen water tanks installed, bursaries awarded, and other critical services provided. These women leaders do their best to balance these small allocations for maximum impact. That is more than can be said of some billions sent to counties, where often little is seen on the ground. If there is a Fund we should support and even increase, it is NGAAF. As we entrench it in the Constitution, we must also scale it up. It is practical and effective. Water remains a challenge in most parts of this country. Yet our women leaders have provided tanks to schools and homes, helping us harvest rainwater. Pupils are no longer being sent to rivers with jerrycans. This is progress. I say again, NGAAF is worth defending, and our gracious women have shown what leadership and stewardship look like. Finally, I must mention the matter of oversight. One of the reasons the Senate looks crippled in its oversight function is that it is under-resourced. When you call a governor, who controls billions, to appear before a Senate Committee, and yet the Committee lacks even basic resources, it is an unfair fight. They look down on you. They view you as a pauper. Even making oversight visits to counties is a challenge for the Senators. They struggle to get to counties. There is no special budget for their facilitation to counties. I recently saw Senators visiting some hospital in one of the counties. They displayed quite disturbing images of three female patients sharing beds in the maternity wing. It is a very sad situation. We need to empower Senators through the Senate Oversight Fund so that they can work when they see such things. With those many remarks, I beg to support. I urge Members to appear in large numbers in the afternoon to vote for this Bill to ensure meaningful development in our society. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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