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    "speaker_name": "Gichungu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me start by appreciating and congratulating the leadership of this House, led by Hon. Moses Masika Wetangula, the Speaker of the National Assembly; the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Boss; the six Chairpersons of the Speaker’s Panel who are also equal to the task; and the leadership of the House, both from the Majority and Minority sides. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, being the first time I am contributing in the 13th Parliament, let me take this early opportunity to thank the great people of Gichugu Constituency who saw it fit that I should come back to Parliament to represent them for a second consecutive term. This shows that they have trust and confidence in my leadership. I promise them that I will not let them down. I will continue serving them with vigor and love for every part of Gichugu so that the constituency can move forward. I received overwhelming, support from all the five wards of Gichugu, namely Karumandi, Baragwi Kabere, Njuki-ini and Ngariama. I thank you all. Let me assure my constituents that I will continue to lobby for the completion of the ongoing projects. We have Musibi, the belt of Gichugu, which is a 95-kilometre road that I started pushing when I got into Parliament. It has already started, and I will continue lobbying for it. There is also the issue of water and, of course, we are also hoping for electricity connectivity, both from the national level and partnering with the county Government. I am pushing for new and incomplete projects. I was able to move Gichugu from 60 per cent connectivity to about 80 per cent. I am very optimistic that in this term, we might hit 90 or 100 per cent. Going back to the Motion at hand by the able Hon. Member for Kakamega County, Hon. Elsie Muhanda who has proved to be a motherly legislator... She is actually looking at the needs of our children in school, and that is the core of this nation, both at the present and in the future. Looking at the Motion, it seeks to have the development of a policy. Going by the contributors who have already contributed ahead of me, this Motion is receiving overwhelming support from all the Members who have contributed, I included, because I am supporting it. I am looking at a situation where we will graduate this development of a policy into a regulation or an amendment to the Education Act, so that we can embed it into law. This Motion is timely. It comes at a time when the President, His Excellency William Samoei Ruto, pronounced himself yesterday at a function in Eastlands, where he had gone to see to the needs of the education sector. He said that he is committed to double the Feeding Programme Fund, which now stands at about Ksh2 billion, to Ksh4 billion. This is a Motion that is already receiving political goodwill. I believe that with the able President we have, it will be effected, and we will be able to embed it into law. We shall align it with other needs that will come with the other laws that we are trying to protect under the Constitution. 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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