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    "id": 610365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": "If the CDF is removed from the people, it will have a ripple effect up to the grassroots. The people at the grassroots are saying that even if we call for a referendum, they will support it because they have seen its fruits. Unfortunately, those who are agitating against the CDF cannot account for the funds they have been given. On average, a constituency gets around Kshs100 million. In Meru County, we have nine constituencies and we get close to a billion. If you travel across the county, you will see what the CDF has done in terms of constructing new day secondary schools, but when you look at the county government, which gets almost Kshs6 billion, you do not see the effect of the same. Therefore, I strongly support that, as Parliament, we need to sit down and put the right laws in place to entrench the CDF in the Constitution, so that no law will interfere with it again. I thank all the Members who are supporting it, especially our 47 County Women Representatives; we will also support their bid. If the CDF dies, even their fund will also die. I believe they will support this cause; we should get it in place and then we move together. I thank Prof. Kindiki, who has come out openly to support us. I have talked to other Senators, and they are supporting this. Let us move forward as a team and entrench this noble fund into the Constitution. I support."
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