Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
I happened to come across this article from Kenya Law Reports and had to rant about it. The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has raised many questions in the recent press in regards to the benefits that local communities will get from the fund. There are many supports of the fund many who are beneficiaries of the CDF. The thing that stands out about the fund is the numerous irregularities that are associated with the whole projects. The fund was setup with the noble intention of decentralization development and putting it in the hands of the affected communities. I wish this were true about it, there are many things that have been outlined wrong about the whole fund, but the most glaring is the political implication of the fund. The fund will setup District Project Committees comprising of MP (politician) mayors and chairmen of local authorities (politician) DC (political appointees) chairpersons of the CDF (political appointees) did I hear this right, it is the fund that MP's...