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    "id": 668876,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, for the avoidance of doubt, I am the only one who can move the Motion. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 43(4) of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2015, this House approves the nominees listed hereunder to the Mount Elgon Constituency Committee of the National Government Constituency Development Fund:- Stephen Chongin Chemoss, representing male youth; Geoffrey Matasero Chemos, representing male adult; Faith Cheptarus Burmen, representing female youth; Salome Chenuget Senden, representing female adult; Bernard Kipruto Matayo, representing persons with disability; Wilfred M.N. Musamali, male nominee of the Constituency Office and Lydia Cherugut Emase, female nominee of the Constituency Office. Hon. Speaker, this is the 290th constituency. I beg this House to approve these nominees so that the 290 constituencies can have the nominees to their National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) committees fully in place. This is the last constituency. This constituency was delayed by those sometimes we refer to as “busy-bodies” who like rushing everything to court. When it was time to nominate these nominees in Mt. Elgon, we got a few Kenyans going to court to stop that process. The court has finally allowed the nominees to be appointed. That is why they are now before this House. As we do that, Members may wish to note that we also have litigants in the name of Katiba Institute and the Institute for Social Accountability, also referred to as TISA, who have also taken the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) to court. Just like this, we also believe that the courts will listen to us. They will listen to the submissions done by the national Government CDF Board and the Attorney-General to the extent that NGCDF is now valid. We have succeeded to streamline it in accordance to the Constitution. In this new law, there is no way the NGCDF can be unconstitutional considering the time we put in and the brains that went through in writing that Act. You were also satisfied that this Act now complies with the Constitution. I would like to take note of those litigants. We need to investigate more and get to know the exact agenda of those litigants. This is the second time they are taking the NGCDF to court. The same litigants have equally taken the Affirmative Action Fund to court. This time, they are a bigger team in that they are with the governors. You can imagine that the governors of this country want to deny those kids in primary school a decent classroom, children in secondary school decent toilet facilities and deny students from poor families bursaries. For avoidance of doubt, Kshs10 billion of NGCDF goes towards bursaries. It goes towards paying fees for students from poor families pursuing higher education - whether in tertiary colleges or universities. We need to know one another and know what those governors are up to. 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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