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    "id": 643853,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kering",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 911,
        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jesang Kurgat Kering",
        "slug": "zipporah-jesang-kurgat-kering"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. I will try my best not to repeat what the other Members have said. This Bill recognises the forms of governments – the national Government and the county governments. The money allocated to various vote heads in this Division of Revenue Bill is very important. The Senate really needs to fast-track this Bill to ensure that the leased medical equipment in hospitals is put in place so that Kenyans use them. Allow me to focus on the statutory allocation; the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and the Affirmative Action Social Development Fund. This money was Kshs38 billion but it has gone down to Kshs36 billion. We have seen what CDF has done. Why do we allocate a lot of money to NYS, which we know is going to be squandered, and reduce the money allocated to CDF and the Affirmative Action Social Development Fund? As one of the beneficiaries of the Affirmative Action Social Development Fund, I want to say that the Kshs2 billion that was allocated to us the other day has really been seen doing something. We are telling the taxpayers that even CDF started with Kshs6 million. Look at where it is today. We were anticipating the Affirmative Action Social Development Fund to go up from Kshs2 billion. Looking at the allocation, we wonder what will go to CDF and what will go to the Affirmative Action Social Development Fund. We want to be shown what is going where in these allocated funds. 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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