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    "id": 832388,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "need to look at the law in future so that it can be increased substantially. That is because there is hardly a big part of infrastructure of schools that is being handled by the Ministry of Education. The NG-CDF also, as seen in this Report, has serious challenges. For many Members who may not know, there was a time when NG-CDF was taken to court. In fact, there are several matters pending in court challenging the constitutionality of NG-CDF. One matter is in the Supreme Court. There are others in the Court of Appeal and the High Court. Hon. Kaluma and I have been assisting, on voluntary basis, the NG-CDF Board Counsel to go through those matters to make sure that we protect this very important fund. In fact, at one point, we lost in court and we had to make a new statute, the NG-CDF Act, and we had to comply as much as possible with the doctrine of separation of powers and to make sure that the fund is protected within the law. Some organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) have not been satisfied with how they have filed suits to ensure that the NG-CDF is killed. Therefore, there are still very serious challenges facing this fund but the truth of the matter is that, it is very successful and has least corruption issues. That is because the people at the grassroots control it and they also help the MP to oversee it."
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