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Why Kenyans and MPs are addicted to NG-CDF

National Assembly during a Parliamentary session on October 6, 2022[Elvis Ogina, Standard

As an initial active participant of the anti-CDF litigation and a current moral supporter, I read the Court of Appeal’s judgement that resurrected the cleverly renamed “National Government” Constituency Development Fund with resigned dismay.

One has to give it to Parliament; the disguise on the slush fund’s face has paid dividends. It reminds me of Aesop's fable about the kid goat and the wolf.

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