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    "id": 603837,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "better share of the resources of this nation, Kenya would develop at a faster rate and their problems would be solved. Two or three years after devolution, within the current system of operation, when you look at the amount that is allocated to Machakos County and share it fairly to the eight sub-counties, approximately Kshs2.2 billion has been set aside for my constituency. However, from 2003, only Kshs700 million has been allocated. You can see the effect of Kshs700 million, but you cannot see, at all, the effect of the Kshs2.2 billion. The CDF has done tremendously well and it needs to be protected by all of us. It has done a lot of work in education, health, security and other infrastructural developments. So, it is important for all of us to support this Bill. I attribute the success of CDF to two things. The first one is the public participation that is enshrined in our Constitution. Before any CDF project is implemented, members of the general public are called. They give their views and proposals of the things that they would like to be done, so that their lives can be improved. There is also the transparency and accountability of CDF. Most of the projects are implemented through community leaders. They form project management committees. I find it unfortunate that CDF was ruled unconstitutional. Members of the National Assembly are very good in prayers. Maybe, we could have held prayer rallies for the CDF around the country and the judgement would have been different."
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