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    "id": 319571,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/319571/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mbarire",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Tourism",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
        "slug": "cecily-mbarire"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when a mother holds a baby for an average of 30 minutes for about four or five times a day or more, there is such strong bonding between the mother and that child. That bond never ever dies and that is why you find that in times of war, men run away to fight. But a woman first takes the babies. She would rather even burn in her house with the babies. But she can never run and leave behind the children. It is that bonding that has developed since the baby was small. I think that is a very important thing. Then, there is the whole issue of costs. Formula milk is not cheap, by the way. The average cost of a tin of Nun in Kenya today is about Kshs600 to Kshs700. Now, a baby who is using formula milk will probably use a tin every two days. What happens is that if you look at that cost, including the cost of buying the bottle, nipples and sterilizers and having to store them in a hygienic way, it ends up being way more than the cost of breast milk which is actually free. All a mother needs to do is eat and drink well and there is enough milk for the baby. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also a hygienic way of feeding the baby. Breast milk is always clean. It is ready to use. A mother in the shamba can have the baby under a tree as she works on her shamba . She can run back under the tree, breastfeed the baby and go back to her farm. It is so easy to use. In fact, at this point, now that we are having more women coming here - and I believe many will be in their reproductive age - we actually need a nursery where we will be bringing our babies. I am sure Rachel and I have not yet crossed the reproductive age. We may want to bring more babies into this world. So, if my baby is just next here, I will just leave here, go breastfeed and come"
}