The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Act was passed into law in 2003 by National Assembly. In principle this Act compels the Minister for Finance to allocate not less than 2.5 percent of all collected government ordinary revenue every financial year for development programmes in the constituencies. The Act also establishes the National Constituencies Development Fund Management Committee (NCDFMC) and the Constituency Development Committees (CDCs) to manage the fund. However, these investments do not automatically ensure high quality of service, equity in access or adequate efficiency.