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    "id": 1591603,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1591603/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "The Mover requested me to second and that is why I am very proficient. According to the 2022 Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics, 39.8 per cent or over 20 million Kenyans were living below the poverty line. Can you believe that 16 million of us in this country cannot afford basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing? Can you believe there are Kenyans who are still walking naked, without clothes or even food? Some of us when we were in primary school at St. Francis Cheptarit Primary School in Mosoriot, we had even patched virakas to most of our shorts until you could not see the colour of the short. So, these are the challenges that we still struggle with up to today. As we talk today, in 2021, 5.4 million Kenyans were found to be urban poor. Urban poor are people who live in Nairobi, but they are poorer than the poor in the villages. I want to agree with the Senate Majority Leader that we must put the Social Protection Bill in the categories of orphans, vulnerable children and poor older members of the society. I went to Tuyabei over the weekend and there is an old mzee called Chepkwony. He is so poor, he is old and now the community is coming up to build a house for him. I normally see Madam Temporary Speaker donating mboco, rice and iron sheets. You are doing a good job and we wish you well in your future endeavors. We are doing a lot to protect the members of the vulnerable in the society. Regarding Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), I want to thank an organization like"
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