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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this amendment. The import of this amendment is that, first, it makes the CDF Act now constitutional and it saves the Members the headache that we have been going through with the county governors. Article 206 now gives us the chance to make sure that there is no conflict in terms of the additional funding. The funding is going to directly support the Members in their work. This will help to harmonize functions in the county governments. This amendment cures a lot of mischief that was done in terms of enacting the CDF Act. Some of the people who were putting in provisions of this Act did intend that the Members of Parliament do not benefit in terms of using the funds to develop their various constituencies. I am happy that the Chair of this Committee has already highlighted a couple of sections that need to be looked into. There is the section, for example, that deals with the elected ward representatives. Their role within the CDF Act is not clearly defined and the ward representatives, apart from the members selected to the CDFC, have no role. So, they need to have the roles engrained within the Act, so that, at least, they also feel part of development in the constituencies. The second thing that needs to be looked at, and also we will push this with the Chair, is the issue of the Constituency Liaison Committee. Now that the CDF is going to be at the discretion of the Members of Parliament, forming a County Liaison Committee might not be within the interest of the Members of Parliament. However, it is important for the county representatives and the Members of Parliament to be in harmony in terms of the projects that they implement, but that will be doing away with the need for a County Liaison Committee. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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