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    "id": 603818,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603818/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "Today, even areas that are represented by Opposition Members have something to show. There are projects under the CDF. There are chiefs’ offices, police lines, schools and feeder roads are being graded at very low cost. There are schools and dormitories in areas where they never used to be. This is very good. The CDF has brought about equity in constituencies that had been marginalized, whether by the national Government or the county government. Education gets the lion share of the CDF money either through bursaries or building of classrooms, which cost very little. Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) classrooms that are built by the county governments are very expensive. They cost between Kshs800,000 and Ksh1.5 million, but the CDF builds classrooms at a cost of between Kshs400,000 and Kshs500,000. The CDF has built several dispensaries. I have talked with many Members here and the county governments have not posted nurses, clinical officers and doctors to run these dispensaries. There is no medicine and staff. This should be addressed. The National Assembly has a role to appropriate the Budget and those county governments that do not post staff to those dispensaries should not be allocated money because they have failed. The CDF has done many good things, and we should all be available to support this Bill, which will streamline the CDF and align it with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. It should be allowed to exist and the role of the Member of Parliament should be recognised. This will provide competition between the funds from the county governments and the CDF. People will compare and contrast. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, salaries for the staff in constituency offices have delayed for months. This Committee, that has done such a good job, should not let the staff go without salaries. Those salaries are so small. They have rent to pay. Their salaries should be released to all the constituencies, so that they can get paid. I support this Bill. I would wish that the Members of the 11th Parliament run the CDF until the end of their term in 2017, so that we do not leave many white elephant projects. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support."
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