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Senators, MPs set to clash over NG-CDF, oversight fund

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Members of Parliament walkout of the conference room at Pride Inn Beach Hotel in Mombasa after protesting against the delayed disbursement of NG-CDF funds. [Patrick Beja, Standard]

Senators today renewed push for the establishment of their oversight fund and threatened to shot down a Bill seeking to anchor the National Government-Constituency Development (NG-CDF) in the Constitution.

In what could ignite power wars between the National Assembly and Senate, some Senators said the NG-CDF should be run by the governors or county governments under the ward fund.

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