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The National Assembly is currently engaged in a frenzy of initiatives to ensure that The National Government- Constituency Development Fund kitty is revived and money disbursed to MPs by the Treasury.
Two MPs have sponsored bills seeking to entrench NG-CDF into the Constitution and have so far collected over 300 signatures from members to kick start the process. In August, The Supreme Court upheld a High Court ruling made on 20th February 2015 which declared the CDF Act 2013 unconstitutional making it invalid.
The court ruled that by involving MPs in planning and approval of CDF projects, the CDF Act violated the doctrine of separation of powers between the executive and the legislature. To remedy the situation, parliament enacted the National - Government- Constituency Development Fund Act 2015 which took effect in February 2016.
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