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    "id": 195915,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ongoro",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 125,
        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I support of the Motion. The constitution of the Board is quite representative, especially in terms of gender balancing. I have observed that, at least, five of the 13 nominees are women. Maybe, in future, we should consider raising their number to, at least, seven, because it has been proven that women are better public fund managers than men. Secondly, I beg to disagree with my colleague, who was of the opinion that legislators should not be dictated upon on the usage of the CDF. I believe that the allocation of future CDF money should make provisions for promotion of gender specific projects in the manner bursary allocations are done. It is my opinion that women and children continue to bear the brunt of poverty related circumstances, especially when we talk of maternal and child healthcare. I believe that it does not make much sense for the CDF of any constituency to, for instance, construct a road when women are dying at child birth. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that it is not incumbent upon legislators to unilaterally decide on the usage of the CDF money. We have listened here, as well as when we had our retreat, on some very good practices. I want to beseech hon. Members of this House to allow the Committee to compel us to allocate certain amount of money to specific usages, especially after we have consulted with our constituents before deciding on any other project to be implemented. In this regard, I would not support any window dressing because all of us are accountable to the people. We should be made to hold public meetings, so that the feelings of people on the grassroots on specific projects can be factored in before any decisions are made. Lastly, allocation of the CDF money to particular constituencies should be scrutinised. I do 698 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 24, 2008 not understand how a constituency with so many slum dwellers, who are living below the poverty line, can be allocated less funds than any other constituency that is well endowed in terms of income and environment friendly conditions. I would like to recommend to the Committee that, in future, such incidence should not be observed. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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