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    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, my constituency is called Emurua Dikirr. I know it is a hard name to pronounce. Thank you for allowing me to contribute to this Motion by Hon. Wakili Edward. Before I even begin my contribution, I would urge the Members to consider making it a Bill or an amendment so that when we vote in this House, it becomes a law. It goes into the annals of history in this country that we have done a law that goes towards helping our kids in primary and secondary schools access education in a free and fair manner. I want to support it because the problems that we face as a country, which include the high cost of living, are faced by everybody, including even our kids in schools. It is not something we face in cities, towns or centres. It is a problem that is being faced right to the core – in the villages and schools. The late President Moi introduced the school milk programme, which was an excellent idea. I think the idea was to bring back students who were absconding from schools, especially those coming from Arid and Semi-Arid Areas (ASALs). It was during the milk days when schools were full. I am among those people who would attend school when it was a milk day. Very many of us went to school because of that programme. I have been sitting with members of the society in my constituency, especially those who have children in day secondary schools, and their major complaint is the money for lunch under the lunch programme. If they have that programme in the secondary part, how about the primary basic education part? I am in full support, and my first proposal is that Mheshimiwa Muriu should bring it as a Bill or an amendment. I wish him to amend the part of the Ministry of Education; when we are providing for capitation, we add a budget to provide for school feeding programmes for students and pupils right from Pre-Primary One (PP1) to Standard Eight and from Form I to Form IV. We need to budget for that money. Before we even delve into the amount allocated to NG-CDF, we budget in this House money meant for school feeding programmes so that when we send money for capitation, we also include money for feeding the pupils from PP1 to Standard VIII. I am in full support because we also understand most students or pupils come from faraway areas. They foot for something like five kilometres to their homes and so, when they are sent home during lunchtime to go eat before they return, it becomes hectic and removes part of their concentration in class. I fully support this Motion by Hon. Muriu to ensure we either add in NG-CDF or put it as part of the capitation. 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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