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    "id": 1257809,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1257809/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
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    "content": "“The national and county Governments shall, where they implement feeding programmes within schools or other institutions or areas falling within their respective mandate, implement a homegrown feeding programme aimed at- (a) maximizing the benefits for growers by linking schools and other relevant institutions to local production; (b) strengthening the capacities of growers and communities; and, (c) promoting the efficient production of mung beans in each county in order to ensure adequate supply to the schools, relevant institutions and food secure areas in the country.” I saw my Governor the other day launching what is perhaps the largest school feeding programme in the country. He estimates to spend about Kshs800 million shillings a year to feed the students in the public schools in Nairobi. Now that we do not have those farms here to grow some of these crops, I am happy that this Bill is providing a mechanism where we can link that programme of the County Government of Nairobi City with the growers in Kitui. Therefore, in these school feeding programmes, we need to see that linkage between the county governments and national Government. They should implement similar programmes with the farmers for us to maximize value. Of course, there are criticisms of our school feeding programme because, as you know, in Nairobi City County, we have about 205 public schools across the 85 wards. However, majority of the students are in what we call non-formal schools and there are bulk of the students there. Therefore, implementing that school feeding programme in public schools alone is not auguring well with many parents in Nairobi. We have had this conversation with my Governor. Out of the 85 wards in Nairobi, there are 10 wards with no public schools. There are no public schools in places like Pipeline and Quary that have high density. Therefore, we have asked him to extend the school feeding programme to the non-formal schools. I am sure he will listen because most of the time he does."
}