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    "id": 1199357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the reintroduction of the school feeding programme in public primary schools, particularly those in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). In the Statement, the Committee should: - 1) Explain why the school feeding programme in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) areas was discontinued. 2) State measures put in place to ensure continued attendance and retention of children in schools following the discontinuation of the school feeding programme in various schools. 3) Explain whether the Government has any plans to re-introduce the school feeding programme in all public primary schools in order to mitigate against the starvation currently being faced by children as a result of the ongoing severe drought. 4) Spell out the immediate and long-term interventions put in place to alleviate the ravaging effects of drought and hunger currently affecting ASAL areas. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I make a comment. Children in ASAL areas going to schools are starving. In fact, the situation is so dire that we are losing lives in some areas. It would be very important that the Government and the Committee to which this Statement will go to; the Standing Committee on Education, will take this matter a lot more seriously than we are doing, to change the situation especially for our children in schools. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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