CORD seeks to save Constituency Development Fund through referendum

Opposition leader Raila Amollo Odinga [PHOTO: STANDARD]

Nairobi, Kenya: The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) is seeking to save Constituency Development Fund through the Referendum after High court declared it unconstitutional.

 The opposition notes that all Members of Parliament regardless of party affiliation are undoubtedly anxious about the future of the system as are also the people at the grassroots that have many incomplete projects started under CDF.

 “We at CORD have always called for devolution of more power and funds and are in the process of amending the Constitution to devolve 45 per cent of the National budget to the counties,” read the statement.

CORD seeks a meeting with Members of Parliament, senators and governors from across the political divide to discuss ways of securing the future of the CDF system and on the ways in which it can continue to exist within Kenya's new Constitutional dispensation.

The party has tasked the Committee of Experts of the Okoa Kenya Movement to draft proposals of amendment that will be part of the negotiations to secure and entrench the CDF in the Constitution.