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    "id": 1249033,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Indeed, there is no contradiction, because Guideline 8.6(i) clearly states that, providing lunch in our schools, particularly primary and Junior Secondary Schools, is the responsibility of the parents. What normally happens is that the board of management convenes a meeting comprising the parents of that particular school, and after discussing and agreeing on a figure, whether Ksh500, Ksh1000 or whatever figure, every parent is supposed to pay towards provision of lunch to their young ones. They pay that. It is not mandatory; it is optional. We say that it cannot be mandatory. It is optional even to those who are not able to pay because there are parents who say: “I am not going to pay. I will provide food to my child to carry from home to school.” When the others are enjoying the school meal, this child has food from home. I have gone around the country and sometimes had the opportunity of eating lunch with those young ones in a number of schools that I have gone to, and seen that there are those who have not been able to pay. What is normally done in such schools is that even those who have not paid are also served and accommodated in that arrangement. One good thing is that the 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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