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The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) (hereafter referred to as the Fund) formerly Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), is a fund established in 2003 through an Act of Parliament, the Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2003. The Act was later reviewed through the enactment of the CDF (Amendment) Act 2007, and repealed through CDF Act, 2013. The latter was subsequently succeeded by the current NG-CDF Act, 2015. At cabinet level, NG-CDF is represented by the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution, who is responsible for the general policy and strategic direction of the Fund.
NG-CDF Lari is one of the constituencies in Kiambu with a population of 123,895 (Ranked 157 of 795 Constituencies) with 60, 632 males and 63, 263, females. Has around 30,779 household and with approximately 52,835 registered voters and an area in sq.km of approximately 439 in sq.km. The Member of Parliament is currently Hon.Jonah Mburu Mwangi The sub-county headquarter is Lari which is about 270 metres from Kimende town .

INFRASTRUCTURE
• The Mombasa - Kampala railway passes through the constituency. Lari has two railway substations; Uplands Substation and Matathia Substation.
• The Nairobi - Nakuru Highway (A104 road) cuts across the constituency starting from Nyambari Shopping Center connecting Kimende and exiting at Soko Mjinga Vegetable Market. Lari also has 3 other major roads Uplands - Githunguri road, Kimende - Kagwe - Githunguri road and Gichiengo - Kijabe road. Most roads are not tarmacked.
• Bathi Dam, located in Kijabe Ward is the major supplier of water within the constituency. The dam also supplies water to Nairobi.

HOSPITALS
The Kijabe Mission Hospital is the largest private health facility in the area, located in Kijabe Town. Lari Health Center is the largest government health institution in the constituency, located at Rukuma Shopping Center in Lari/Kirenga Ward
EDUCATION

LITERACY
The percentage of people within the county who can read stands at 95.6 percent while 3.8 percent of the total population cannot read. Also, 95.2 percent of the total population can write while 4.2 percent cannot write. About 95.4 percent of the total population within the county can read and write while 4.6 percent cannot read and write. Those who can read and write stand at 95.4 per cent. The high literacy rates are as a result of continued investment in the education sector and there is need for more investment to ensure the literacy levels gets to 100 percent.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
There are 303 secondary schools consisting of 227 public and 76 private schools. The total enrolment rate is 89,065 out of which 44,777 are males and 44,288 are females. The gross enrolment rate is 69.3 percent and the net enrolment rate is 61.8 percent. The number of teachers in the county stands at 3,479 and the teacher/pupil ratio is 1:25. As indicated in the fact sheet, the completion rate is 92.5 percent and therefore there is need for great investment in the education sector to ensure the rate reaches 100 percent.

TERTIARY EDUCATION
The County has one public University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology located in Juja Constituency and two satellite campuses namely University of Nairobi, Kikuyu campus in Kikuyu sub county and Kenyatta University , Ruiru campus in Ruiru Sub County. There are six private universities which include Gretsa University, Mount Kenya University, St. Paul‘s University, Kiriri Women‘s Science and Technology University and Presbyterian University of East Africa, Zitech University in Ruiru and a number of tertiary colleges. The county also has two Teacher Training Colleges namely Kilimambogo Teachers in Thika Sub County and Thogoto Teachers in Kikuyu sub county. These institutions have gone a long way in ensuring secondary school graduates get access to higher education therefore ensuring the availability of necessary skills required in the job market.
The constituency has128 schools; 87 primary schools and 41 secondary schools.
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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Majority residents of Lari practice agriculture as the main source of livelihood, with the area dominated by subsistence farming. Tea farming is largely practiced by residents of the eastern part of Lari. this areas include Kagwe, Kagaa, Gatamaiyu and Matimbei areas. Crops grown for sale include vegetables such as cabbage, coriander, spinach and kale (sukuma wiki). Vegetable farming in the constituency is largely favored by the large amounts of rainfall received throughout the year and the continuous cold seasons.
There are two major markets for vegetables in the constituency; Soko Mjinga Market and Nyambari Godown Sukuma Wiki Market. Both markets supply approximately 1,500 bags of kale per day to the major towns in Kenya. Lorries also ferry tonnes of cabbage from Kinale location daily to various towns in Kenya.
Lari also produces majority of the pears found in Kenya, with most of the crop grown in Nyambari, Gitithia, Githirioni, Kirenga, Kimende and Kambaa locations.
Many farmers in the area rear dairy cows. While the milk is produced mainly for personal consumption, the surplus is sold, usually to dairy cooperatives that have local offices in Lari. There are four milk processing plants in the area: Sundale Dairy Products in Uplands, Green Land Dairy in Nyambari, Kinale Milk processing Plant in Kinale, and Uplands Dairy and food processors [Pascha] in [Kagwe]

History of Leadership
Members of Parliament since Formation
Elections for the Members of Parliament for Lari Constituency have been held since the constituency was gazetted in 1966.
Elections MP [6]
Party Notes
1966
J. M. Koinange
KANU

1969
Andrew Kuria Kinyanjui
KANU
One-party system
1974
Andrew Kuria Kinyanjui
KANU
One-party system
1979
Peter Turuthi Mungai
KANU
One-party system
1983
Peter Turuthi Mungai
KANU
One-party system.
1988
Andrew Kuria Kinyanjui
KANU
One-party system.
1992
Philip Gitonga
Ford-Asili

1997
Philip Gitonga
SDP

2002
James Viscount Kimathi
KANU

2007
David Njuguna Kiburi Mwaura
PPK

2013
Joseph Mburu Kahangara
TNA
2017 to date Jonah Mburu Mwangi
JP

The Vision: "To transform and change lives through efficient utilization of NG-CDF Funds

The Mission: "To provide policy guidelines for easier management of funds at grassroots level."
Core Values: to professionally execute their mandate, the constituents shall uphold the following values:
• Commitment
• Team work
• Community Participation
• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Accessibility