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    "id": 1087993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1087993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "The men are thinking of how much money we can borrow to spend on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and on a very nice looking road like Mombasa Road. If you think about the money we have spent on these brick and mortar projects, the reason why Kenyans are so disgruntled and protesting at every step of the way is because the Government has moved away from its people. The Government no longer cares. What this Bill is saying to the parents of this country and to the women who take care of children and want to know what their children are going to eat as opposed to their fathers, is the Government cares about its people. That is this Bill. The nutritional aspects, marketing and other things is well and good, but providing milk to children says that we care for them. That is where this Government has failed and will continue to fail, because they do not show that they care for people. I hope that we can find these people. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was surprised, but I am not sure whether my colleagues know this. The National Treasury has been paying retirement benefits for some Kaburus since 1963. It has been in the budget. Since 1963 we have been paying for the retirement of some people and we cannot afford it. People are going home without pensions and teachers are crying for their pensions. Can we start caring about Kenyans? People are suffering and we are not offering hope. This is called creating hope in hopelessness. If you want children to go to school and read, give them food. I have said this before and I can say it again. Nobody is going to sleep on Uhuru Highway even if you built four stories. Nobody is going to eat that tarmac. However, if you provide food security for Kenyans and the young children, we are building a future. I know that I am whom I am because of the milk we were offered in primary school. All of us, the ones from poor backgrounds and any other background were able to carry 250 millilitres of milk."
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