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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Rachael Nyamai",
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    "content": "(Kitui, South, JP)): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion. At the outset, I support this Motion. I congratulate my friend, Hon. Elsie Muhanda for coming up with such a good Motion at this moment in time. Before I continue, I congratulate the substantive Speaker and his deputy for being elected to preside over this august House. I would also like to congratulate you for accepting to preside over this House this afternoon. It is a privilege from the Speaker. I would also like to thank the Speaker for accepting our names, the six of us, to enable us to serve. I believe I can speak on behalf of my colleagues that we will do our best and we will be fair. I take this opportunity to also thank the people of Kitui South for electing me for the third time to this House. I know it is not a mean achievement. However, I really thank the people of Ikanga, Kyatune, Mutomo-Kibwea, Mathima, Kanziku-Simisi, Kasala, Ikutha, Athi and Maluma. Thank you so much. I promise to do my best to deliver the promises that I made. This is one of the elections that I made the highest number of promises. I have never made the kind of promises I did in any other elections. With the help of God, the power that this House has, and the blessings of the people, I will deliver. I also take this opportunity to thank those who volunteered to support me. Some closed their business in Nairobi and came to the ground to help me. The youth, women and to all of them, I say thank you so much and may God bless you. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to go to today’s Motion. It is a very important one, and addresses the matter of coming up with a policy that will ensure that we have a school feeding programme. My constituency, Kitui South, is one of the most affected in the country. We have children who are not attending school. Some have already dropped out because there is no food at home. Some are assisting their parents to get money by working here and there so that they can get food. Having this policy will ensure that we get a way of ensuring that we have healthy children who will be able to perform better in school. This will ensure that we have children transiting from primary, secondary and possibly, to tertiary institutions. This will bring sustainable development in our constituencies. So, by having this policy, it will eventually and hopefully, become an Act of Parliament and will one day get funded just like the other programmes that have passed through this House. I hope we will get there. Health is wealth. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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