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    "id": 1276618,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Waithaka",
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    "content": "they stay focused in their studies and that intestinal worms, which are common to children are got rid of. Deworming means getting rid of the intestinal worms which are categorised as roundworms, tapeworms and hookworms. These worms in school-going children cause many problems such as anaemia, stunted growth, impaired cognitive development, poor and short memory and all these lead to low school attendance. According to WHO, it has been proven that deworming increases school attendance by 57.5 per cent. Regular deworming programme will, therefore, reduce absenteeism in our schools. It will also reduce class repetition and above all increase test scores and other learning outcomes. In a ripple effect, this will keep our children focused in school. Deworming treatment will, therefore, improve not only the health and concentration in school for children but will also set them for a very bright future. We cannot develop as a country without a well educated human resource. Quality education is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that were developed by the United Nations in 2015 to act as a blue print through which the world will become a better place. It is, therefore, important to put in place measures that will keep our children in school. Deworming is one of those measures. Education is the fulcrum of all other sectors. It is impossible to achieve our agenda as a country if we do not remove educational barriers that we are currently facing such as intestinal parasitic infections. It should be remembered last year during our First Session, the House approved the development of a School Feeding Policy, a Motion that was introduced by Hon. Elsie Muhanda. Should the Ministry of Education implement it, it means that students in all our schools will be able to have a meal in school. While we appreciate it, it is important also to ensure that our students are dewormed regularly to ensure that they are in good shape and health. While in Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) yesterday in Nyeri, the President indicated that we will be having community health promoters who will be going to every village to make sure that our people are healthy. If this Motion is passed, which I believe will be, it shall marry very well with the one that the President is proposing so that we have many health promoters together with the deworming programme in our primary schools. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the Motion. I would like to ask Hon. Dorothy Muthoni Ikiara, to second."
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