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    "id": 250680,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/250680/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Mango",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Mango",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to second the Motion. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) is a result of the Constituencies Development Fund Act that came into existence in 2003. I have been a Member of the Committee. The CDF has done wonders in this country. We have travelled around the country, as a Committee, and witnessed that through the CDF, constituencies have been able to put up classrooms, build nursery schools, health centres and dispensaries. In schools where children were previously sitting on the floor, the CDF has provided desks. Where children were learning in dusty classrooms, the CDF has been able to cement the floors so that there are no more cases of jiggers bothering the children. The CDF has made a lot of difference in institutions in this country. Therefore, it is a great idea which needs the support of all hon. Members and Kenyans at large. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the little amount of 2.5 per cent of national Budget allocation to the CDF, we have done a lot of wonders. If this allocation is increased, the CDF will revolutionise this country in very many ways. Initially, the Fund was meant for \"fire-fighting\" where there was no infrastructure. If you go to the rural areas, the CDF is the talk of every villager and everyone in the nation. Sometimes, the CDF is criticised by those who are not familiar with what it is doing. However, people in the rural areas know what work it is doing and they appreciate it. Today, if you say that we should disband the CDF, there will be a riot in this country because it has helped in very many ways to put up infrastructure."
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