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    "id": 34586,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to add my voice in support of this very important Motion. At the onset, I would like to congratulate hon. Eng. Gumbo for thinking forward, thinking about our children and even thinking further, more than the Ministry of Education, and seeing how our girl- child can be helped to concentrate in leaning in our schools. It always bothers me on how the Government works. That is because 50 years after Independence, and having a Ministry of Education in place, I would have expected the Ministry to carry out research and understand what factors cause students - and especially the girl-child - not to concentrate on learning. If they had done so – and if they had thought outside the box - they would have found out that the girl-child wastes about 12 weeks of learning time because of lack of sanitary towels. However, that topic has to wait until an hon. Member thinks about the subject and they quickly move and say that they are setting up a Gender Desk to address that problem. I would like the Ministry of Education or any other Ministry to think broadly about all the factors that would enable it to provide the best services to the citizens of this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my hope is that the Kshs300 million that has been set aside for this Ministry for the provision of sanitary towels is safe. It will not be embezzled. It will be used for the intended purpose. The people will not see it as an opportunity to do business. If they are allowed to do that, instead of many of our girls benefitting, just a few will benefit. This is just one area where our children need to be taken care of. The school feeding programme which used to be there helped many children from arid and semi arid areas; areas where food is scarce. Yet, the Government discontinued that programme. I would appeal to the Government to not only take a cue from this Motion but to also address all other factors that hinder our children from concentrating on their education."
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