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    "id": 458555,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let me thank my ever- careful Chief Whip. He has raised a very important point because very often, we try to do a good thing, but end up making a bad law. I wish to recommit that Section 14. The reason why we are doing this is that the 8 per cent that is talked about in Regulation 18, is money which is already deducted from the total sum. In this case, it is Kshs180 million. We are aware and it is in public knowledge that some companies are already being given this money for doing capacity building without regulations. Hon. Shebesh tried to move an amendment to cure that misnomer and we defeated that amendment for the reasons given then. But you cannot have 8 per cent of the total kitty remaining in Nairobi for unknown persons. The destination we are driving to is where the committee that includes all of us will be responsible for capacity building, so that it is the local people and not people in Nairobi who are doing this. The CDF one has never worked. They remain with the substantial amount of money. They have bought Land Rovers and choose which constituencies to go to. I have never seen them in my constituency. Now that I have been given an Uwezo Fund committee where the Women Representative have chosen people and sits there and I have also chosen my people and I sit there, when that money is divided amongst the constituencies. What will we then do - the Women Representative and the Member of Parliament? We will then say that this is what we wish to achieve with our money and this is the kind of capacity building that we want our people to have."
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