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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waititu",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Munyua Waititu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this noble Motion on milk. When we touch milk in this country, we are touching the hearts of many people in our country. As one of my colleagues has said, in the past milk could feed and educate children when the Government was concerned about the production and the marketing of milk. I am a Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives, and we are looking into this issue closely. We visited Kwale District and we were shocked to see milk going to waste. As the Government, we need to look at all the 47 counties. We know very well that the Government is now devolved and it is the duty of the devolved governments to see that there is no wastage of milk. It is the duty of the governors to build proper roads, so that when farmers produce their milk, they can access markets. As we look into the issues of county governments, the governors and the Senators should see how well we can manage milk that is produced. I know that some of them are beneficiaries of a milk feeding programme that was there during the Moi era. I know Members like hon. Kajuju, hon. Kanini Kega and the Chair of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology have benefitted from the Nyayo Feeding Programme. Even hon. Bett, my friend here, is saying that he was a beneficiary. We need to look into this issue carefully, put it in our systems and see how we can feed school children with milk. I am happy I can see some school children at our public gallery. We should feed children with the milk that is going to waste. Maybe the CDF can be increased a bit, so that we can have the school feeding programme. The 47 Women Representatives can be given the duty to go round the schools and create markets for the milk farmers. That will be a good job for them. We are with them here in Parliament and they need to be busy. We can fund them, so that they can control all the milk produced in all the 47 counties."
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