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    "id": 272924,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I wish to support the appointment of the new Board member, Mr. Boniface Korobe, and also thank the Committee for the work they have continued to do. The CDF is one of the institutions that have been very useful in this country. We know that there are challenges that the CDF is going to face with the new constitutional provisions, but we believe that these new Board members will help to ensure that the continued support of development by the CDF in the country does not come to an end just because we are bringing on board a new way of managing our country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fact that we are going to have county governments and devolution through the county governments should not be used to phase out the CDF. The gains that we have made from the CDF are such that we can only continue and make it better. If that was not the case, delegations from Malawi, Zambia and elsewhere would not be in our country physically to learn the good things that the CDF is doing, and why we have been able to make strides in terms of development across the country. It is for that reason that I believe Boniface will add to the value of this Board and ensure that the CDF continues after we are through with devolution. In addition, I would urge that the Board ensures that speedy disbursement of funds to the constituencies takes place. On top of that, the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) should also follow because money is now in the accounts, but we cannot access it because AIEs have not yet gotten to the constituencies. So, it is important that this Board ensures that they work very hard. I want to thank the Minister and the Committee that is dealing with this matter. I also want to thank the Board for what it has done and also urge that Members of Parliament remain awake to the reality that there are people outside this House who would want the CDF done away with. The CDF is something that, as a country, we should guard with all the seriousness and jealousness that is required."
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