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    "id": 1198988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is good to tame some of these people. We are talking of children in primary and secondary schools. Parents cannot afford school fees and three meals a day. This is a Motion that every Member should support as we go on recess. When we come back, we should work as a team to provide funds and become oversight managers. In the outside world, you are seen as the NG-CDF managers. I want to tell Kenyans that Hon. Mule, Hon. Rasso and Hon. Gichimu do not sign for any NG- CDF penny. We only offer oversight. There is a constituency committee that does that. What other devolved government do we need in this country if not for NGAAF? I want to urge the Judiciary not to listen to everyone who walks to the courts with propaganda or hearsay. They have no clue how much Members of Parliament have assisted students from Form One to university without paying school fees. There is no other way we are going to alleviate poverty in this country without funds at the grassroots. The county governments are performing their duties but during weekends, Kenyans seek your help as a Member of Parliament so that their children can go to school. On this Motion, Kenyans are looking up to you to make sure that every primary and secondary school has enough money to feed students. If we allocate money to the school feeding programme, we will tell principals and head teachers to ensure that students are in school until we get enough money to pay school fees. They should not send students back to their parents every weekend for lack of school fees. Let us walk together as Members and entrench NG-CDF and NGAAF in the Constitution and make sure that a provision to feed Kenyan children is included in the next legislation. I urge school principals to maintain students in school so that they can learn and prepare for exams before December. Once we sort out this NGAAF menace, we will send cheques to schools and make sure that you get enough money to pay school debts and to maintain students in school come January."
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