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    "id": 250688,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "The credit goes to this House which, in 2003, decided that we must have the CDF Act implemented. In that regard, although this is not the current Government's dream but rather something dreamt in 2002, when the Cockar Tribunal was established by the Parliamentary Service Commission, the Government gets credit for financing CDF in the last three years it has been in office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the NARC Government has had its priorities misplaced. We have given many examples to support this opinion. A good example that I want to give is that, last week, when we passed the Supplementary Estimates, the Government, for instance, removed from the Budget over Kshs500 million which was intended for emergency borehole drilling, and for construction of water pans in ASAL areas. Through the same Supplementary Estimates that we passed last week, the Government removed from the Budget over Kshs500 million meant for construction of rural health centres. Because of the failure of the Government to stick to priorities for development, this House decided that we must use the CDF as the alternative to achieve our priorities in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should not lose sight of the fact that what we have been using as the CDF is only 2.5 per cent of the national Budget for the last two years. The Government had an opportunity to spend 97.5 per cent of the annual Budget. If you ask Kenyans today, they will tell you that they do not see the impact of the 97.5 per cent. The impact they see in the rural areas is that of the 2.5 per cent. It is also important to note that the question of capacity by the Government to utilise the Development Vote has been a major concern for the last 15 years. If you look at the Public Expenditure Review Reports which, unfortunately, are not shared 904"
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