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    "id": 603826,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakara",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. As my fellow Members have stated, I cannot over-emphasize what the CDF has done, especially in the pastoralist areas. This Bill has taken away the mind of the wananchi, the Judiciary or the Civil Society, who are saying that the MP is everything in the CDF. Now, we have been relieved of many duties, so that this Bill can pass the ratio that the Judiciary wants it to be. We are not after the CDF. Our aim as Members is for the money to remain in the constituency, and not who will be in charge of it. Our major aim is to make sure that people at the constituency level get the money and whether the Member of Parliament is in charge or not, there is no problem at all. A good leader considers his people first before himself. We have received many submissions from the Ministry of Devolution and Planning on their observations and amendments. We have also received submissions from the Institute of Social Accountability and the Centre for Enhancing Democracy and Governance. They all read this Bill and came back to us and said that the Bill is better than the former one. We also expect the Judiciary to also accept that this Bill has reached their expected ratio. When we talk about equality, the CDF reaches every corner of this country. When I joined politics, one of my desires was to make sure that the wards in my constituency get equal development, whether a ward belongs to CORD or Jubilee. I have 13 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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