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"speaker_name": "Soy, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. David Kiplagat",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We know well that this National Assembly is under attack from all quarters. We have problems with NG-CDF and the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF)."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. David Kiplagat",
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"content": "As we discuss now about NG-CDF, KeRRA has only released around Ksh17 million out of Ksh62 million. We have letters flying left, right, and centre on what happens to the rest. We have so many issues that we cannot continue burying our heads in the sand and thinking that things are all right. I was proposing that we suspend the House until tomorrow."
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"content": "Yes!"
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"content": " When the two cabinet secretaries for Roads and Transport and National Treasury and Economic Planning come, they will explain what is happening to the Members of Parliament. If you look at the devolved funds, 85 per cent is used for recurrent and administrative purposes out of the total that goes to the counties. In contrast, only 5 per cent of the NG-CDF is used for administrative purposes. The net effect is that a small amount of money, say, Ksh45 billion or Ksh53 billion, is being felt. On the contrary, of the Ksh450 billion that goes to counties, only about Ksh50 billion goes to development. Even with that, the governors will still follow it. I think we should just disband the counties!"
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"content": "You have made your point. Yes, Hon. Keynan."
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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, I want my colleagues to listen to me. The NG-CDF did not come out of the blues. It was a product of well-calculated evaluation by the Members who were there and tired of manipulation by the then Executive. You are aware The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": "that even Parliament was a department under the Office of the President. Our Clerk of the National Assembly and everyone else were secondees from the dreaded Special Branch and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). What we did was to give Members of Parliament an effective, workable, people-friendly platform to deliver development to their constituents. Over the years, we have seen a gradual increase in NG-CDF allocations. What is surprising in this House is that one month to the end of a financial year, we are yet to receive something commensurate with the first quarter. Yet we are here adjudicating for everything else. Right now, NG-CDF is under threat. Hon. Speaker, thank you sincerely for the Supreme Court's decision. That judgement would not have been possible without your input and the legal brains you put together. As the father of this House, we thank you. Having said that, there is something that we cannot run away from. It is the Members of Parliament who oversee NG- CDF and KeRRA. So, why have we thrown our mandate into the dustbin? Where is the Chairman of the National-Government Constituencies Development Fund Committee and the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure? We have a club of greedy governors whose only interest is to amass wealth, usurp national roles, and get money."
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"content": "(Applause)"
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"content": "If those are the people you want to sit here and empower, I will tell you this House will be the worst in this country's history. I want you to stand up for your rights. Resist! The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport must come and ensure that the remaining allocation of money for roads is sent. Through the Cabinet Secretary, the Chairman of NG-CDF must also release the money. Hon. Speaker, you are a lawyer and were here when we fought for the current Constitution. Some of us from regions disadvantaged over the years through skewed administrative practices fought for the Equalisation Fund. Right now, it is not working courtesy of these greedy governors. They have gone to Court and have stopped it. As the leadership, I ask that we suspend everything else until the question of KeRRA, Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), and NG-CDF is sorted out. No more business. No more business!"
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"content": "Yes!"
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