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    "id": 603811,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. All of us would not want to say so much on this Bill because it is a Bill we have been waiting for. I wish to support this Bill. We as Members of this House are given the responsibility of amending the Constitution and making any law. Today this House has been given the mandate by the courts to relook at the CDF Act and make sure that we come up with another Act to allow the CDF to continue. The reason why the courts decided not to abolish CDF but gave us a grace period was because of the great work that CDF has been doing in every constituency. Going by the projects the Fund has financed in the nation, it has been doing a very good job. You cannot compare the success of CDF with the progress made by the county or national governments. The only projects visible in the villages are CDF projects. We rarely see any serious projects by the national Government in the constituencies. The reason we would fight tooth and nail to ensure that we have this money allocated directly to the constituencies is not majorly because we want to run, own or manage it, but because we want funds to go closer to the people. There are funds managed at the national level. Those funds cannot be accessed by the people in the villages. There are funds managed at the county level. Those monies cannot be accessed by the people in the villages. This is the only money that can be accessed by the people in the constituencies. So, the reason most of us would want to see this Bill passed is not so that we can run it, but so that people who have been marginalised for quite some time can also have access to these funds."
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