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    "id": 1581827,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1581827/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " My apologies, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for that. You are, indeed, Madam Speaker. Having said that, allow me to support the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2025 on the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF). This is one Fund which has proved that devolving funds are critical, and can bring about change and transformation that no one has ever seen. It has also established that devolution can work. Many people can give their testimonies on this Fund. There are judges, magistrates, doctors, lawyers, teachers and engineers whose education was supported by NG-CDF. I know that the Elgeyo Marakwet County Attorney was a beneficiary of NG-CDF. Every now and then, we find ourselves in court on this Fund, but we do not understand the conflict. Sometimes, the children of the persons who take the NG-CDF to court do not go to public schools. So, they cannot understand that this Fund supports vulnerable Kenyan children. It is my prayer that we find a judge who will look at NG-CDF in depth. The public have firmly said they want the Fund to continue. This is the Fund whose work they have seen. Then who are the Kenyans who bring cases and say that NG-CDF cannot work?"
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