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    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Cherorot",
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    "content": "Speaker Wetangula and also Hon. Deputy Speaker, Gladys Shollei, on their election. Thank you also Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for standing in as one of the speakers. I would like to thank the people of Kipkelion East for electing me into this august House. For this reason, I owe them a lot because of what they did to me. It has been a long journey for me as this was my fourth time to contest and I thank God because it has come to this time that I am actually the Member of Parliament for Kipkelion East. I also want to say this about Kipkelion East. This is an area that has been marginalised for a long time and we have a lot of projects which have stalled. We have roads which have existed since time immemorial and they have not been tarmacked. We have Furaha-Ilotii- Oltopil Road and also the Londiani-Makutano Road. Those roads have been there since time immemorial and they have not been tarmacked. We also have water problems in that area. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some key issues that we also have in this area and which need to be tackled is electricity. The people of Kipkelion East have been looking forward and yearning to have electricity because most homes have not been connected. I want to assure them that I am ready to work with them hand-in-hand and make sure that most of the homes are connected under the Last Mile Programme. They should also get clean water. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also have a proposed referral hospital in Londiani, which has taken 12 years without being constructed. That hospital is supposed to help the people of Londiani and the larger Kericho County. If you sit along Muhoroni Road, you will notice many ambulances going to Eldoret that are carrying sick people from our area. I promise the people of Kipkelion that I am going to make sure that the referral hospital is built. Concerning the issue of the development of a school feeding policy, it is a good programme. I thank Hon. Elsie Muhanda for bringing this Motion. This one has to be handled in a proper way. Logistics have to be put in place and make sure that the feeding programme is going to be consistent. By doing so means that we must have proper structures in place so that our children in school can benefit from this programme. We have to look for long term solutions so that we may not only do it just for a short while. Therefore, it requires a lot of engagement, especially from the Ministries of Agriculture and Health. Some of the things that must be considered is the health of our children. That means that hygiene should be practised and make sure that the children get food at the right time. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to donate my remaining time to the rest of the Members."
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