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    "id": 250727,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj. Madoka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Marsden Herman Madoka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and state that the CDF money has certainly made a great impact in the various constituencies. I was happy to hear from Eng. Muriuki that from their audit report, no CDF money has been misappropriated. The media should highlight that fact because there have been very many accusations and counter-accusations on the misappropriation of CDF money by Members of Parliament. I am glad that is not the case. I hope the media will help us in highlighting the proper use of CDF money by Members of Parliament. The question of raising the CDF allocation from 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent is an issue that we need to look at carefully. My concern is that we need a proper definition as to what the CDF money should be used for. I feel that there is a lot of duplication. We get requests from Ministries to do certain projects which we are not particularly fond of in our constituencies. For example, there are cases where the Office of the President or the Commissioner of Police require us to put up a police station using the CDF money. The responsibilities of the Ministry should not be taken over by the Constituencies Development Committees (CDCs). This is an area where I feel that we need to be very careful and ensure that we have a proper definition of what the CDF money should be used for. In my constituency, I know what I need to do and when we are pushed by the Ministries, we normally decline. That should be the position with other constituencies because Ministries 916"
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