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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I take this opportunity to thank Members for their defence of, and getting the point very clear in terms of the CDF. It is true that there was a ruling in the High Court on Friday, 20th February. It ruled that the CDF is unconstitutional and invalid. When you look at the participants in that court, the Petitioner was a group calling itself “The Institute of Social Accountability (TISA). I wonder whether they live here in Kenya or they only succeeded to come here during the court case. If they live here in Kenya, then they should have known what the CDF has done. Another participant was the Chairman of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), who was proudly there to support that the CDF is unconstitutional. When you look at today’s newspapers, there is an advisory material by the CIC; I do not know where they get powers to publish such advisories. They assume that they are more senior than the Supreme Court in this country, that is why they can publish in the newspapers an opinion, or advisory, for all Kenyans to read. They have put it there like a statement of fact when they are like any other commission. There is no difference between the CIC and any other commission, and they should not behave as if they are playing a more superior role than the Supreme Court. We are going to meet here tomorrow to ventilate on this matter further as the Members of Parliament, and agree on the way forward. As we do that tomorrow, take note that today there are 1.000 teachers who do not want to go to North Eastern. There were no such teachers ten years ago who did not want to go to North Eastern, because there were no schools in North Eastern. Ten years after, 1,000 teachers do not want to go to North Eastern because of the schools the CDF has built in North Eastern. There were no schools ten years ago in North Eastern. We are told that this country has a shortage of 100,000 teachers. The reason is just one, the CDF. Going forward, I want to look at this ruling positively; once we come out of this process which we are in now, the CDF shall be bigger. It is going to be bigger than that 2.5 per cent."
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