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    "id": 1199072,
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    "speaker_name": "Turkana County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cecilia Ngitit",
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    "content": "On today’s Motion on school feeding programme, I want to admit that I am one of the beneficiaries of the programme. Were it not for the food in schools, I would not be here today. Being brought from a poor county and poor family for that case, I would only go to school because there was food. By good chance, I got to learn and that is why there is a Woman Representative for Turkana County today. A school feeding programme for those of us who come from drought-stricken counties is a key topic to be discussed. I congratulate the Member of Parliament who has brought that Motion to the Floor of the House today and I support it. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as we speak today, drought is ravaging our counties, especially Turkana County. We have no land for farming. We only depend on livestock. When drought strikes, there is no pasture for our livestock. We go to nearby countries. For instance now, the Turkana people are in Uganda and South Sudan in search of pasture, and they are exposed to external and international humiliation in those countries. At times, their livestock remains there when they come back to Kenya. The drought topic has to be looked into. Although we cannot command rain, Kenya has to come up with ways or measures that will cushion us so that next time that we have drought, we know what is supposed to be done. For the school feeding programme, Turkana County stands out as the most special county that needs to be fed. Not even schools alone, but even the adults. We lose people to hunger. Many malnutrition cases are being reported in Turkana County. It is not about school feeding alone but, extend it to adult feeding. In Turkana, we have no farms. We do not practice agriculture because of our climatic conditions. It is not our liking. If we had good climatic conditions, and because we have expansive lands, we would be a county that is feeding this country. But because our land is not arable, we are looking up to you people in upcountry to feed Turkana County and other counties like Marsabit, Samburu and some places in North Eastern. I am so delighted to speak in the august House today for the first time and, going forward, we will be contributing to various topics. I want to rely heavily on the promises that my party leader, the President of the Republic of Kenya, gave to Kenyans in a document called The Plan. In The Plan, all our needs have been mentioned there. All our problems have their solutions there. I know that being the action-oriented leader that he is, he will deliver. With regard to the NGAAF for vulnerable groups, I heard the President assure women leaders of this country many times that he will deliberately enhance that fund so that it can reach out to many hustlers down there. They are still looking forward to that. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. God bless Kenya, God bless Turkana."
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