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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbau",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elias Peter Mbau",
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    "content": "The value of CDF reflects the following: We have very many projects that have been required and which the bigger Ministries do not feel like they have those little monies; the Kshs1 million, Kshs2 million, Kshs5 million or Kshs10 million to fund. They supplement the gaps that the departments may otherwise not be in a position to address. Look at the question of addressing special needs. Every constituency in this country has special needs. Some constituencies will want to put up classes because classes are what they need. Some other constituencies may want to put up more bridges and footpaths. Some other constituencies may not even want health centres because what they have is already enough. So the value of CDF caters for those specialized needs that may not cut across the board. The other value for the CDF kitty relates to attracting other donors and partners by saying: We come to you as a willing partner to fund or sponsor a specific project and we are willing as a constituency or community to prevail on the CDF Committee to commit this amount of money. So, you are able to persuade, for instance, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation or the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security if, as CDF, we can put in a certain proportion of money, will you be willing to also come and partner with us or even as a donor. It is usually an argument that carries water. So, when as hon. Members representing wananchi, we are not able to get all that which is due to this kitty, we feel a little cheated. Time has gone when hon. Members used to beg or persuade Ministries and Ministers to do that which they ought to do. Surely, that time has come and gone. Ministries and Ministers and CEOs of the Government need to do without being compelled that which the law requires them to do. When the Chairman of CDF at the national level was moving this Motion, he said that the CDF has offered the Government and the country an already very efficient and affordable cost framework under which other monies of the Government may ride over to achieve objectives easily because the CDF composition by its very nature and according to the law ensures that the constituents are represented in every location, in every ward and by various persons and offices including Government departments. It also ensures that any Government Ministry, be it the Ministry of Water and Irrigation or the Ministry of Roads, has a readymade mechanism framework to use if you want to achieve rapid, efficient and effective results at the grassroots. So, we cannot downplay the role that the CDF plays. It requires to be supported by all and sundry; all people who have goodwill for wananchi in this country."
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