North Imenti MP Rahim Dawood has said Parliament will safeguard the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) at all costs, even after it was declared unconstitutional.
Speaking at Gitoro Primary School while accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer (NG-CDF) Yusuf Mbuno, Dawood said lawmakers will fight to ensure the fund is not scrapped.
“We will ensure the constitution is amended to include CDF because it has a lot of benefits for Kenyans, especially in the education and security sectors,” said Dawood.
High Court judges Kanyi Kimondo and Roselyn Aburili declared the 20-year-old kitty unconstitutional in November. They directed that NG-CDF and all its projects, programs, and activities shall cease to operate at midnight on June 30, 2026.
The fund was introduced 20 years ago, and in 2020, a three-judge bench invalidated the CDF Act but gave lawmakers 12 months to make the necessary amendments to align it with the 2010 constitution.
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The MPs appealed but also came up with the National Government Constituency Development Fund Act to ensure they still had a hand in the allocation from the Treasury.
Dawood spoke while launching the construction of a Sh 4.2 million dining hall funded by the NG-CDF board.
He said his constituency had received more than Sh 1.5 billion from NG-CDF since 2013.
Mbuno called on fund managers to ensure prudent use of NG-CDF funds.
By John Majau.
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