MPs are fighting a losing battle; they've no business managing illegal CDF

Parliament during a past session. [File, Standard]

Whenever poverty in Africa is depicted to seek charity from well-wishers, a child with a torn t-shirt, emaciated, with a running nose, and in a makeshift house is displayed for sympathy. On the flip-side are MPs driving luxury cars, visiting private hospitals, and sending their children to top private or international schools, all funded by taxpayers.

MPs role should be to ensure that every child has access to quality education, healthcare, and a promising future. However, this is not the case with our lawmakers. The National Assembly has been fighting to retain the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), later renamed the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), claiming they need it to address their constituents' problems.