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    "id": 610353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "constitutional making period, this House went through a lot of debate, especially during the creation of constituencies. The reason why people argued severally was because of the creation of constituencies. The reason more constituencies were created was because this was equated to development. If we are to say we are removing CDF, what will be the purpose of even having the 80 extra constituencies? The reason why people wanted constituencies was because they knew services would be closer to them. We can remove Members of Parliament from the CDF but we cannot remove the CDF from constituencies. Therefore, whichever way we want to make the law, we will ensure that CDF remains in place because it serves the people of this country. There is no citizen who has complained. If it is a question of constitutionality, or unconstitutionality, we should ensure that we entrench it in the Constitution. Africa, as we all know, is suffering; it is a continent that is full of corruption. If we were to leave this fund to be managed by the counties--- As we speak today, they are the most corrupt entities in this country. Counties are the only places where you only find ‘kings’ who want to rule over poor citizens; they want to be seen driving big cars and flying in helicopters. There are some “kings’ in this country, who do not even know how to drive on the roads because they are used to ‘living in the air’. Are these the very people we are saying we divert CDF to? I think even the ruling itself was erroneous. You claim that CDF is a devolved function, yet it is used to build schools, which are part of education system; this shows it is not devolved. How then can schools be built? Are we going to be waiting for His Excellency the President to build for us dormitories and toilets in our villages, because education is not devolved function? These are some of the functions which CDF has been performing. It is high time, as a House, we took seriously that we are the law makers and not law breakers. We can unmake any law that we believe does not suit the people of this country. We need to make laws that are seriously geared towards helping our people. In short, CDF is there to stay and we should do what we can. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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