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    "id": 85702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "This Fund was established under the law and we took the route of the law because we knew what the other funds, especially the Poverty Eradication Commission and the Rural Development Fund had gone through. They were mismanaged and they have nothing to show. This time round, this Parliament and I want to thank the Government for its support; we decided that the CDF will be implemented through the law. In fact, a country like India, where there is the CDF, it does not have a law as elaborate as the CDF Act. Section 4(2) (a) provides for 2.5 per cent of all ordinary Government revenue in every financial year. The allocation criterion is also within the law. It has not been left to the whims of the Committee or the Minister. This is according to the Act. Section 19(1) of the Act stipulates that 75 per cent of all the funds allocated to the CDF should be allocated equally to the 210 constituencies. The remaining 25 per cent is taken into account by considering the population and the poverty indices. The CFC Committee has 11 Members although two of them were promoted. That is, Mr. Ombui and Mr. Magerer and we wish them well in the Government. That demonstrates the capacity within the Committee; in that the Government seems to be fishing from us. The Committee has the following Members:-"
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