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    "id": 1572009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1572009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomachoge Borabu, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nolfason Barongo",
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    "content": "Constitution, we listened to a tale by the former Member of Parliament for Ol Kalou, Hon. Muriuki Karue, who got frustrated trying to get development for his constituency. Every time he went to the National Treasury and Economic Planning, he was told that his constituency will get development when the funds become available. His frustrations were arising from the fact that in his constituency, students were learning under trees. Today, schools in so many constituencies have dilapidated toilets. Some of these schools are threatened with closure because they do not have decent toilets. If we do away with NG-CDF, harambees will be back in full swing. We will now be required to conduct harambees to educate children, which is against the spirit of the Constitution. In Article 43, every Kenyan has a right to education. In Article 53, every child has a right to access free education and that education should be compulsory. Why should we take the responsibility of educating our children back to the public? The public right now is stretched financially. We are struggling. Kenyans are struggling to put food on their tables. It will be the wrong time to take away this Fund, which has subsidised education and assured Kenyan children of a better future. If we take away this Fund, most of the ills that have bedevilled this country will be back. We will be back to politicising basic services for mwananchi . The process of engaging the public in determining their priority projects in their constituencies is a constitutional requirement, and the current NG-CDF as constituted has been ensuring that the public have a say in the priority projects that have to be undertaken in their constituencies. The public spoke emphatically by giving their views on what needs to be done going forward. The courts have announced their position that NG-CDF is currently unconstitutional, and it is upon this House to now make a decision and correct the things that the court has raised so that this Fund is now entrenched in the Constitution and Kenya can continue to receive the development that ensures that there is equity across the land. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I encourage those Members who are not in the House today to make their way back to Nairobi and into the Chamber. Let us ensure the overwhelming support we received from the public regarding the entrenchment of this Fund into the Constitution becomes a reality this afternoon. For these reasons, I support this amendment. Thank you."
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