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    "id": 875621,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/875621/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe South, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Paul Mwirigi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": "In our constituencies, there are many secondary schools which lack laboratories for the students to do their practicals. They lack administration blocks. Primary schools lack facilities which are essential for pupils. I concur with the other Members who said that they will propose some amendments so that we can allocate more funds for development in our constituencies. I am concerned about the bursary funds. The National Treasury knows that students normally report back to school every January. Those students depend on the NG-CDF since most of them come from poor backgrounds. At the same time, we expect the disbursement of funds at the beginning of the year, something which is not adhered to by the Ministry. We experience a lot of problems when promising students that we are waiting for funds to be disbursed. We ought to do something so that funds are released in good time. Many of the development projects which we observe in our constituencies are by the NG- CDF. The funds should be facilitated early enough so that our students and constituents can benefit. The NG-CDF initiative was a good one. The Government enhanced it. To better that initiative, we have to sacrifice so that funds can be increased for greater development. Lastly, I urge the Special Funds Accounts Committee to continue with this great job so that we can exhaust what was not done in the last Parliament. With that, I support the Report."
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