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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, you almost got it right. I want to join the rest of my colleagues on congratulating Sen. Kwamboka for a job well done. This is a very good proposal. That is why I was among those who protested earlier when there was the Motion for the reduction of time because I know that there is a lot that we can say about this Bill. However, I am good democrat, so I will agree with the common wisdom of the entire House. I congratulate her for this very fair proposal on something that I believe is for the record books. When history books are written and the history of the things that the Twelfth Parliament is noted down on the things were able to achieve and the proposals that we made to move the country forward, this Bill will be noted as a progressive one. Madam Temporary Speaker, the health of our children and their overall well- being is something that as a country, we have begun to neglect and not treat with the serious consideration that it deserves. If you compare how the governments, society and our own parents ensured that a child is well fed, well-educated and in a better environment, you cannot compare that to what we are serving to the modern day child. It was possible to feed children back in the day to ensure that public education was working. Virtually, all of us in this House are products of public education. None of us went to these academies that we speak of today, but here we are doing so well. What Sen. Kwamboka is reminding us is that we can go back to the history books and learn about the things that used to work back in the day. We can ensure that basic education still thrives, so that you do not have to take your child to a particular academy to ensure that something as basic as being fed is achieved. Madam Temporary Speaker, can you imagine if it is possible for you as a Senator to sit on that Chair and follow debate properly if you are not properly fed? Unfortunately, more than half of the pupils who sit in our primary schools are not guaranteed more than two meals in a day. The statistics are actually a little bit higher than half of them."
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