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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, considering that the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) has been successfully implemented for over two years; and noting the suggestions made at various fora to improve on some of the provisions in the Act; this House grants leave to introduce a Bill entitled the Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Bill to amend the Act in order to improve further the delivery system of the Fund. The CDF focuses on the grassroots development level in our country. Over the last two years that the CDF has been in operation, we have had primary and secondary schools where there were none. Water supply has been enhanced, health centres, police posts and even stations have been built. Some of these facilities, for example, primary schools and other public facilities, have been in existence but in deplorable conditions. Many students have had the opportunity to join middle level colleges or further their education, courtesy of the CDF. It appears as if the CDF caters for the grassroot infrastructure and the bursaries. For many years, as a country, we did not have any other way of sorting out those issues until the CDF came into being. The Constituencies Development Fund Committee, which is a Select Committee of this House, has done its job. I take this opportunity to thank the hon. Members of that Committee. After two years of operation, we laid on the Table our statutory report in which various recommendations were made. The report was adopted by the House together with its recommendations. I will not go into details of those recommendations because all hon. Members are familiar with the report which we have discussed. We have even had a whole day's workshop on the report. So, hon. Members are familiar with the recommendations which were contained in the report. I will only cite one or two recommendations. For example, we are having a hard time dealing with what happens at the end of the year. Constituencies may make very good decisions on how they want to utilise their CDF money. However, reasons always come up about why a change would happen towards the end of the year. Maybe, they were going to drill a borehole, but the Government drilled it. Therefore, there ought to be a way in which they can reallocate those funds. Reallocation of those funds is one aspect which is being addressed by the recommendations. There are also other aspects which we had not foreseen at the beginning, for example, the constituencies which would like to preserve their environment. We also want to take care of monitoring and evaluation, including capacity-building of the various committees, for example, education, which are involved. We want to educate wananchi on what is involved. The House adopted the report and it is now time to put those recommendations into law. The draft Bill is ready and if I had the permission of Mr. Speaker, I would have laid it on the Table so that we can start to debate it, but we now require leave of the House. Therefore, the essence of today's Motion is to enable the Clerk of National Assembly to send the draft Bill to the 2362 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 26, 2006 Attorney-General for publishing. I appeal to the hon. Members to pass this Motion so that we can have this Bill published tomorrow because it has been lying in the Clerk's office for the last couple of months. I take this opportunity, as I conclude my brief remarks, to appeal to hon. Members to save their many remarks for the time when the Bill is actually brought before the House. Today, we are only asking for leave of the House so that the draft Bill can be taken to the Attorney-General for publishing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those very few remarks, I beg to Move, and with your permission, request Mr. Muturi to second the Motion."
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