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"speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
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"content": "Basically, I stand to oppose it because when we passed the Constitution which was promulgated on 27th August, 2010, we agreed to move forward and follow the law. The Government has done a poverty survey as per the law. If the law of the CDF says 75 per cent of allocation is equal for all the 210 constituencies and 25 per cent to benefit the poor, then let us follow it to the letter. You will have to realize that the constituencies that have got higher allocation of the 25 per cent pro-poor are constituencies that the Government up to now is still providing them with relief food. The Government is providing relief food to these places which are very far from the centre. I can only urge my colleagues to allow the poor to benefit from the 25 per cent. We are talking about only Kshs3.29 billion out of the Kshs13.85 billion that should go to those critical areas that have been marginalized for very many years. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let the Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 also follow the law. Yesterday, the Assistant Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 tabled the CDF statistics in this House. The âstatisticsâ do not follow the law because there is a High Court Order which I will lay on the Table in the matter of an application seeking leave to commence judicial review and proceedings in the matter of the Statistics Act; Statistics Census of Population Order of 2008; and the 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census. This order was issued by the High Court on 8th October, 2010. An extension was given until this matter is brought to an end on 22nd October, 2010. I believe that the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 is discriminating against the eight constituencies whose projected data has been used to determine the figures being used in the CDF. Thank you and I oppose the Motion. I would like to table the document."
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