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    "id": 565656,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kittony",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zipporah Jepchirchir Kittony",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to thank the Mover of this Bill and to support it. This Bill has come at a very appropriate time. In fact, it should have come yesterday. I am saying this because 50 years down the line, we have been a country governing itself, but we have not been able to manage the hunger that our people experience. There is no business seeing people going hungry simply because we have not managed our food resources very well. Establishment of a Food Security Authority will be of great help. I would like the Mover to go into the details and amend some of her proposals and make sure that food storage becomes a priority. If we have food and we do not have the proper storage, then we shall still be talking of the same story and people will continue going hungry. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, God gave Kenya very fertile soil. We have enough food but we have not been able to manage it. As I said, this Bill has come at an appropriate time, but unfortunately I have just seen it now. I have not had enough time to go through it. However, as an experienced farmer, if the food that we produce is managed properly, Kenyans will no longer go hungry. It is a shame that sometimes people starve to death because of lack of food as a result of drought and other reasons. In Article 53 of the Constitution, every person has a right to basic nutrition. Article 21talks of the implementation of the rights to fundamental freedoms under the Constitution and the connected purposes to make sure that it is a right for every Kenyan to access food. Every household should get food at the right time. Therefore, Mr. 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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