“WE would really love for CDF to continue so that our people can be helped in so many ways.” That appeal, reiterated across Kanyama Ward 13, is backed by lived experience from community cooperatives that say the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has shifted livelihoods from doubt to tangible income. James Ihuya, a member of Sanya Wetu Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Kanyama Ward 13, says scepticism nearly derailed their journey before CDF began delivering results. However, the group suffered an early setback. “My name is James Ihuya from Sanya Wetu Multi-Purpose Cooperative. We started with a group of 400 members, and from that number we started contributing K100 to get a certificate. After the certificate came out, unforeseeably, we just heard that...