Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has now said ending the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) will put a burden on parents.
Reacting to the High Court's pronunciation, he asked it to reconsider the decision.
"I say this because I have seen the benefits of the CDF. In Kiharu Constituency, day school students pay Sh1,000 because of CDF," he said.
"If we say that the CDF should cease, we are burdening the parents with school fees and developments."
On Friday, the High Court declared as unconstitutional the NG-CDF Act, 2015.
At the same time, Nyoro asked Kenyans across the world to pray for the country, its leadership and all citizens.
"Let us not just sit aside and watch politics unravel. Let us take up the mandate to pray for our country," he said.
Justices Kanyi Kimondo, Mugure Thande and Roselyne Aburili said the fund and all its projects, programmes, and activities shall cease to operate on June 30, 2026.
The fund has been in operation since 2003. The bench said the value of its programmes to the local communities across 290 constituencies cannot be gainsaid.
"We are also alive to the fact that there are short, medium and long-term projects being implemented by the fund. We are now in the middle of the financial year, and funds may have been allocated for ongoing projects," the bench said.
Despite their finding that the 2015 Act as last amended in 2003 is unconstitutional, the judges said it will not be in the interest of the nation or justice to bring it to an abrupt closure.
For this reason, the judges said the act and its programmes shall cease to operate at the stroke of midnight on June 30, 2026.
