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    "id": 880457,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. This was one of the brightest ideas that were enacted to help devolve funds to the needy people in the rural setting and urban areas. In Ndhiwa Constituency, which is a huge constituency consisting of 300,000 people with over 200 schools, this is the lifeline for the kids there. I budgeted for almost 30 per cent of those funds to help the needy kids. Some are already in school. But if the funds do not flow to them, they are sent home. Some have just joined school. This piecemeal disbursement is a punishment to those kids. The manner in which it is released does not work. Those funds are used for everything, including salaries and emergencies. A small disbursement cannot work. Currently, one of the schools was blown to the ground by strong winds. There is nothing left. There is no disaster response from my county or the national Government. Those kids are all in school. If we had emergency funds which we usually do when this money is disbursed, we would put up makeshift classrooms to help those kids. But they are now at home. The NG-CDF is a lifeline for so many things and it is currently not doing its job. Although allocation is disbursed equally, it is clear that some constituencies do not have the capacity to consume the funds. I was surprised to hear that there is Kshs12 billion just lying there without being used. It may call for a review of how those funds are distributed. It is good to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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