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    "id": 1581954,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kapenguria, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chumel",
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    "content": "I sincerely thank you and the leadership of this House. I have been here for some time, and during President Moi’s era, every Thursday evening, we would line up at State House to receive small handouts to take to our people. When Hon. Kibaki came into power, our colleague in this House, Hon. (Eng) Muriuki, introduced the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). We discussed it here and His Excellency, President Kibaki, accepted and assented to it. Now we are here. We started with Ksh6 million, and things were satisfactory. In 2010, my friend, Baba, Honourable Raila Odinga, championed what we are now enjoying as devolved units. Hon. Odinga is my friend. He campaigned for me during the by- election. I state this without fear, for God is my only witness. The current women representative in my county is doing so well, better than her predecessors. We now need to have the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) enshrined in the Constitution, just as we did with devolution in 2010. It is our time to constitutionalise these funds. Many children are benefiting from their education as a result of these funds. I studied under a tree, where the wind would blow away our blackboards, and we used to sing: “ Naskia sauti, sauti ya mama, kwa heri mwalimu .” This does not happen now because we have built classrooms everywhere. The Speaker visited my constituency and made significant contributions. He launched a twin laboratory and promised to complete it. This is all we desire. West Pokot was a closed district during the colonial period. Kenyatta and the Kapenguria Six were taken there. You are now my friend. I will one day take you there. Anyway, this is the time to devolve everything. The Late President Kibaki started the then CDF and now we have to ensure it is enshrined in the Constitution. The current President is my friend and enjoyed NG-CDF. He developed his constituency and that is why we support him. I do not want to say much but, as a leadership of this House, we should not condone what happened yesterday. Nonetheless, I ask the leadership of our Government to be open to criticism. I was a Cabinet Secretary and so was the current President during the late President’s Moi regime. President Moi used to get delegations from all over the country. So, we should not condemn Mount Kenya. He was friends with JJ Kamotho and Bishop Okullu from Nyanza. Let us be open to wisdom and advise from old men who have political expertise regardless of their ethnicity, and we will progress. Otherwise, if we do things without involving wazee, nothing good will come out. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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