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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. Let me start by appreciating the Committee that worked on the Bill to meet the requirements of the court as was made in the ruling. The fact that the CDF was unconstitutional, in fact, was a sorry situation. There is no single agency that has done as much in development as the CDF. No single agency has had tangible results in the constituencies like the CDF. Many children that were studying in mud classrooms and under trees are now in permanent classrooms. Within two or three years that this Parliament has been, in my constituency, we have put up over 50 classrooms and many dormitories for our children. The CDF is a direct agency for participation of the people. People participate directly at the time of identification of the projects and you get to know what they need. People get satisfied to see that after they have sat and talked with their leaders and expressed what they need, something is done. To that extent, I appreciate what Eng. Karue did. When I was the Director of Medical Services (DMS), we were flooded with dispensaries that had no staff. We sat with him one day and worked out how the CDF could be used to employ staff on temporary basis. Unfortunately, that never came to be. That just shows how useful it can be. The CDF has been most accessible to people. It is cheaper. The CDF Board did a survey and found out that people appreciate the CDF. The last thing they would like to see removed from the development process in this country is the CDF. The CDF Board has that information. This Bill defines what we should do in projects. It clearly states a national function and a county function. But truth be said, if you look at the lives of people and the projects that we do for them, whether in health or education, it is very difficult in the minds of the people to say that, that should be done by the county government or the national Government. We should have an institution that can bridge the gap. We passed a Bill here, but it was never implemented. It sought to coordinate the working of the country governments and the national Government. That is really needed and I think the CDF has gone a long way in bridging that gap. As it is now, we are going to be confined to 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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