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    "id": 1087949,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1087949/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to add my voice. I thank Sen. Kwamboka for this amendment. A lot has been said but these are some of the things you wonder that they have to be put in legislation because there has been precedence. We are all children of Maziwa yaNyayo . Those of us who went through the 8-4-4 system of education are strong, hardworking, go getters and we persevere. I believe it is because of this background of the healthy lifestyle we had when we drank Maziwa ya Nyayo . This milk was distributed without fear and favour to every child regardless of their home background. This has been done before. Why can it not just be done? Must it go through a legislation for our children to be given this kind of attention that Sen. Kwamboka is shouting here for? I commend Sen. Kwamboka. The other day, I was speaking at a platform and I wondered where the place of a child in our society today is. Our children are very vulnerable and as leaders, we have more work to do. Truly speaking, there are nations that have turned themselves around from poverty into global super powers just by concentrating on educating their children and making sure they are healthy. Within less than 10 years, you have turned around an entire society. This is what makes me wonder about how serious we are about leading our country into becoming a serious global player. If anything, sometimes I feel like we are actually retrogressing and moving backward. Madam Temporary Speaker, just the other day, I brought to this House a Statement to do with the national plan of action against sexual abuse on children. That plan of action is gathering dust somewhere in this Government. You wonder how much"
}