Policy Forum Position Paper on the Constituency Development Fund

On 22 July 2008, Policy Forum was invited to send members to meet with a subcommittee of the Parliamentary House Business Committee to express its views regarding a Constituency Development Fund likely to be legislated by Parliament during 2008. This meeting was called immediately following a one-week study tour undertaken by Policy Forum Members from 12 to 20 July 2008 to Mombasa, Kenya to observe how the CDF is implemented and monitored in Bahari Constituency, Kilifi, Mombasa. On 25 July 2008, Policy Forum members met to discuss, among other things, their views on the introduction of the CDF. The purpose of this paper is to articulate concerns raised by Policy Forum members about the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) following an in-depth study of its implications.