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    "id": 1228873,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1228873/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "When you talk about freeing people from hunger as the Bill proposes --- It is sad that more than four million Kenyans are facing starvation and hunger. We want to thank the donors and the Office of the Deputy President who have been doing a lot to provide food to people and animal feed. There is a bipartisan committee that has been formed. I do not know if Sen. Oketch Gicheru is a Member. Maybe he will brief me over a cup of tea because I am not a Member. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you are a Member of the Committee and we are proud of you. We know you will do a good job. On the issue of subsidies, the Government has an obligation. Under Article 43, the Government must free its people from hunger. We do not want any Kenyan to die because of hunger. The President said that we must subsidize production over consumption. We do not want to have unga subsidy like we used to have the ‘happy hour’ in clubs. People who drink water and uji like me may not understand the meaning of ‘happy hour’. There are Kenyans who take other drinks after 7.30 p.m. and they know the meaning of ‘happy hour’. This is similar to what was happening with the unga subsidy. You may hear that unga is available in a certain supermarket, only to go there and find it depleted."
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