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    "id": 185239,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The allocation of the CDF among constituencies is governed by a formula specified in the Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2003. From 2004, the CDF has been allocating funds to the constituencies according to the following formula:- (i) Three-quarters of the net total CDF is divided equally among all the constituencies, netting out 5 per cent for emergency and 3 per cent for administration purposes. (ii) A quarter of the allocation is divided amongst all the constituencies on the basis of the poverty index of the constituencies, namely, the proportion of the total number of poor individuals in Kenya that reside in the respective constituency. However, a 0.23 adjustment factor is used to re- scale the allocations downwards for the 17 urban constituencies. The factor is a ratio of urban to rural population derived from the population and housing census of 1999. Therefore, this favours the rural areas where poverty levels are very high. Thus the amount allocated to each constituency depends on three factors, namely, population, the poverty level and whether the constituency is urban or rural. (b) Yes, I am aware that the poverty level for the constituencies in northern Kenya rose from 40 per cent to 70 per cent, according to the figures that we have for 2005/2006. The current Development Blueprint has identified livestock as one of the key economic drivers for the economy of northern Kenya. Unfortunately, the way the Act is at the moment, there is nothing that I can do to assist the hon. Member to use the CDF to finance the restocking of livestock in case of such losses."
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