CDF fund should not a bargaining tool for political gain, transparency and be purposely objective - should be scrapped or amendments
When the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was introduced in 2003, it promised to make the Legislature financially independent of the president and to bring development closer to the people. But the Fund has been plagued by allegations of corruption and there is little evidence that it has significantly improved service provision at the constituency level. So is it time to get rid of the CDF? What is the Way forward? The battle to wrestle the Constituency Development Fund from the control of legislators is set for a new phase as MPs plot a new strategy to defeat the court order. Last Year A bench of five judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome ruled out that the CDF Act, 2013 violates the principle of separation of powers, hence is unconstitutional. This came as a major win for critics, who have come together under a group of NGOs led by The Institute for Social Accountability (Tisa). But newly elected MPs have already dismissed the significance of the Supreme Court ruling on g...