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    "id": 875568,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "Halima Yussuf Mucheke",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I did not borrow from him; I was a guest when Bahati Constituency NG-CDF was launching its strategic plan. I was the chief guest and I witnessed what happened. I do not have NG-CDF as a nominated Member. I can only support if I give examples of where I have witnessed. In fact, in the same constituency of Bahati, OCPD offices were constructed – a two-storey building fully fledged with offices even for Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and a small cell. We need to enhance NG-CDF. I join the Leader of the Minority Party by saying that we should condemn our fellow Members whose constituencies still have classrooms that are made of mud and even children study under trees and sit on stones. It is shameful in this era when NG-CDF is Kshs109 million. The CS for National Treasury should also be aware of what is happening in this country. We know when schools are being opened and we know most students depend on NG-CDF bursaries for fees. Some of them are already candidates in Class Eight or Form Four and they need to prepare very well for their upcoming exams. When the National Treasury delays this money yet they know it is meant for school fees, it beats logic. I advise this House that we should have some punishment for National Treasury, that whenever they delay disbursement of NG-CDF for one month, we slash their budget by 5 per cent so that they become proactive rather than us reminding them and yet, it is this House that allocates the funds. For the Government to work, we need to have a strong Opposition. I will request Hon. Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, to cross over to this side because he is more of Government now than me so that I go to that side. For the Government to work and for us to keep the Government on toes, we have to have a very strong Opposition but, as it stands now, Hon. Mbadi is more in Government than me. Nowadays, I feel outside the Government."
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