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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. Of course, I rise to support the Bill. As I do so, I would like to thank hon. Members for the position they took on this matter last week. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill II is now here, and the CDF money is not part of the money being appropriated. I also want to tell hon. Members that the CDF Board is very busy this week, remitting monies to the CDF accounts, especially to those CDF offices where the handing over has been finalised, and those which have changed their signatories. We have received letters from a few constituencies though, telling us to hold onto the funds as they sort out issues of boundaries between themselves and the constituencies they were curved off from. I am very happy today because we have a Government which, if we tell them that we do not want to spend Kshs700 million to build an office for a retired President, they agree with us. I am very happy that we have a Government which when we tell them that we do not want to appropriate Kshs5.4 billion meant for the CDF, they agree with us. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in this era of a new constitutional dispensation, it is really this House which will determine the destiny of this country. This House will determine whether we can increase the pay for teachers by Kshs50 billion per year. It is this House which can decide which roads will be done. It is this House which will take this country to the next level. Therefore, it is exciting to have such responsible Members of Parliament, who care very much about the people they represent in this House. I truly believe that as we move to the 2013/2014 Financial Year, we will definitely be seeing great things happening in this country. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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