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Re-channel CDF to county governments for better utility

When the High Court declared the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) unconstitutional, it caused such consternation among Members of Parliament that in the ensuing frenzy, the clear demarcation lines that denote Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) and the Jubilee coalition were obliterated.

No more red lines were necessary and neither was there need to invoke the notorious ‘tyranny of numbers’ maxim for Jubilee to prevail. In their grief, MPs have exhibited such unity and speak the same language one is bound to wonder what demons possess them when it matters most.

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