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    "id": 563712,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move:- That the Food Security Bill (Senate Bill No.23 of 2014) be now read a Second Time. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a historical Bill. This Bill will ensure that, once and for all, we realize solutions to some of the challenges we have faced since Independence and also since the first Sessional Paper on food Security was done in 1965. The Memorandum and Objectives of the Bill are very clear; to provide a framework for the realization of the right to be free from hunger and to adequate food of acceptable quality as guaranteed under Article 43(3) of the Constitution. Part I of the Bill deals with preliminary matters and sets out the Objects and Purposes of the Bill and the principles that will guide the county governments and other actors in the implementation of this Bill. Part II of the Bill elaborates the issue of the right to food as articulated under Article 43 of the Constitution. It also confers various obligations on the national and the county governments in ensuring that freedom from hunger and the right to adequate food is realized. Part III of the Bill provides for the establishment of the Food Security Authority; the composition of the Authority and its functions as relates to the formulation of policies, programmes and strategies for implementation by county governments and the establishment of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to determine the suitability of interventions put in place to ensure food security. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is also a Bill that before it was established, we went round more than 20 counties with the African Women Studies group of the University of Nairobi to carry out findings in order to understand what we mean when we talk about food security. This was also to just understand how in our country we look at the issue of hunger. How do families survive in our country? This research was also The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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