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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mureithi",
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        "legal_name": "Erastus Kihara Mureithi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also not one of those people who have breastfed, but I have had experience, like Mr. Kimunya and that is why I want to support this Bill. As the Minister said, this Bill has not come to put the manufacturers out of their business. But I think it is one Bill that will create awareness to our daughters and children on the issue of breastfeeding. Those of us who have done human development in our careers know that the development of a child takes place between birth and three years. Within that time, the child develops all the faculties that he needs. Therefore, the relationship between the mother and child is very important. That is why I support this Bill. That bond that a child creates with the mother enables him relate to other people. It builds inter-personal and inter-human relationships. That is why I say that as a country that has committed itself to the Fourth Millenium Development Goals, this is one of the very major objectives that will help us achieve the Vision 2030 and be able to give value to our children. One of the areas that have been mentioned is that of health. We are not able to meet our health needs in the rural areas because we lack a lot of things. So, when children are breastfed, they are able to grow up healthy. Of late, scientists are studying why kangaroos carry their young ones in a pouch when they are young. Young kangaroos only come out to breastfeed and then go back to the pouch. They are called Marsupials. This behaviour helps create a relationship."
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