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    "id": 1229183,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1229183/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I rise to congratulate our colleague, Sen. Mungatana, MGH, for spearheading the development and enactment of this Bill. I participated in the Bomas of Kenya process for development of the Constitution. What appeared at that time to be bedevilling the development of this country was the lack of focus on the economic and social development of individual Kenyans. Several times people talked of ‘ yajenga nchi;’ ‘ we are building the nation.’ In Bomas of Kenya, it became clear that we seemed focused on developing the country and not developing the individuals, not knowing that you can develop a country, but if you ignore the development of the individuals, then you will pull the country back. If you do not have a country with people who have enough food and have developed economically, they will still drain the resources of the country. I participated in two committees; one was on devolution and the other one was looking at human rights of Kenyans. I am very delighted that there is one law that is going to unpack the whole of it, and for that, I congratulate Sen. Mungatana, MGH. If you look at the economic and social rights as articulated in Article 43(1), you find that it is the basic things or minimum that any country should give her people. We asked ourselves many questions in Bomas as we were bringing these documents in. Finally, a few years down the road, about 12 years, we are now ready to address this and I think this is important. Some of the rights that are given here are rights that any nation should be proud to give her people. We are over 60 years after Independence and we still lack access to basic nutrition for our children. We should ask ourselves how we could fail in that. If you look at the issue of clean and safe water, it was discussed from Independence. After the enactment of this Bill, we should monitor the implementation of this Bill, so that we can ensure that everybody accesses these rights. Lack of clean and safe water is what is costing us a lot when it comes to the health sector. You miss clean water, then your health goes down. The other day, we lost a child in the famous school, Mukumu, and we even had 70 children who were hospitalised. For those who went to hospital, it was very sad because a mother said that she went to Kakamega Hospital, which we were all proud of,"
}