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    "id": 1582532,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Suleka Harun",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to also support the Bill to entrench NGCF, NGAAF and SOF in the Constitution. As we witnessed in the last public participation, it was overwhelmingly supported by Kenyan citizens. Its public participation was the most participated by citizens in the recent past. That shows that the NG-CDF is one of the most important funds that we have for constituencies. Some of the rural constituencies have nothing but the NG-CDF. I am a beneficiary of the NG-CDF. I managed to get my third-year and fourth-year college fees through the NG-CDF. I became a beneficiary after I lost my dad. So, it is a very instrumental Fund that is important for the vulnerable and the poor in our communities. In the pastoral communities, it is a luxury to take a girl to school. The NG-CDF and the NGAAF have helped us to bridge that gap. They have played a big role in terms of educating the girl child. The girl child would have been forgotten if it were not for those funds. I can comfortably say that the NG-CDF is the real definition of devolution in this country. It has been devolved to the furthest end in the country and to the most rural constituencies in the country. County governments are not devolved like the NG-CDF. The NG-CDF and the NGAAF are devolved in terms of reaching to the people. The NGAAF has been crucial in targeting the most vulnerable people in the community. Women empowerment has been at its best since the introduction of the NGAAF. Many women have ventured into business. The persons with disabilities have been accommodated in many of the environment programmes. We have seen that the youth are very active in those programmes. The other issue is that our people at the constituency level have more trust in the NG- CDF than any other fund that the Government offers to constituencies. They believe in their Members of Parliament as their representative and they trust them with all their development programmes. So, as we support the Bill, let us also think of a way of increasing the Fund. 2 per cent is not enough. We need to have more so that we can meet the needs of communities. On security, where I come from, there is a security problem. It is an insecurity prone area and the NG-CDF has played a big role in terms of protecting the chiefs who did not have offices in the administration sector. As we know, the budget is not felt in many constituencies The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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