Pokot South Member of Parliament, David Pkosing has joined other legislators in their agitation to have the National Government- Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) reintroduced, saying millions of Kenyans benefitting from the kitty will have greatly been disadvantaged.
The fund has been in limbo since the Supreme Court declared the 2013 CDF Act illegal on grounds that its provisions violated the principle of separation of powers and appeared to create a different level of revenue sharing.
A number of MPs have warned that if the NG-CDF is not disbursed, majority of Kenyans benefitting from the kitty will be doomed.
While speaking to a local media station, Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie noted that most Kenyans entirely rely on the CDF funds, and failure to remit the funds will impede growth in the forthcoming five years.
“The people of Dagoretti South are extremely concerned because in the last five years they have been able to see what a decentralised fund can do. We have established five new high schools and police stations,” he said.
“If we tamper with the model of a decentralised fund then the trajectory of the development we have been witnessing is going to be slowed down,” he added.
Belgut MP Nelson Koech also said that CDF has played a pivotal role in tending school fee arrears for school-going children through bursaries.
“CDF plays a critical role in the education sector of this country. It is a tragedy to be told that we will not be getting any funds. Before elections, I paid school fees for day scholars in my constituency from the NG-CDF and it is something that I am still going to do. We have even built police stations and chiefs’ offices,” he noted.
Pkosing, on his part, chided those rooting for the CDF to be scrapped, arguing that the kitty provides ground for finding solutions to constituents.
