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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there is an impression being created outside there that the President has found it convenient to go by the decision of this House for the fact that tallying of numbers in this House is in favour of the Government whereas, in the Senate, the balance of numbers is almost fifty-fifty. We cannot afford to be seen by the public as enemies of devolution. We can take pleasure in the fact that today, we have won because the President has assented to that Bill. But then tomorrow, we shall be called to account as a House of this great nation. Hon. Speaker, the Committee has noted the demand or concern from the public that a fund be established to be managed by County Women Members of Parliament in the version of Constituency Development Fund (CDF). My humble opinion is that we do not need such a fund. We need to strengthen CDF so that women representatives or County Women MPs can have more say in its management. As we speak, the CDF Act 2013 has got room for the county MPs at the county level. There is what we called county development board which brings together the governor, the women representatives, the MPs and everybody else and that is how the CDF is supposed to be managed. Therefore, we should avoid any attempt to duplicate funds which, basically, will bring confusion."
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