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    "id": 784157,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to my favourite subject; nutrition and food. I was delighted when I saw The Food Security Bill (Senate Bills No.12 of 2017). Sometimes you wonder why it is titled ‘Food Security.’ Secure from what? Food can drive a nation to a war; just as water can drive a nation to war. Therefore, food is an essential commodity because with food, you can sustain life. Without food, there will be wars in the counties. We have seen it recently in Laikipia County where people were fighting, because of livestock. They want to reach the feeding grounds for their livestock. Food is also an energy giver; it secures the workforce of this nation to productivity. If you do not have adequate food, then your population would be weak and the productivity would be very low. If you do not have food for the young children who are growing up, they will be retarded in their growth. Therefore, their performance in class and performance at the university level would obviously be affected. Food is an adjutant, it prevents many diseases. When you are talking about public health and preventable diseases, I can assure you more than 50 percent of the preventable diseases can be prevented by adequate nutritious and palatable food or well-balanced food. When I say balanced food, I mean every sense of it that you are catering both for carbohydrates, energy, proteins and fats for growth, hence a well-balanced diet that sustains life. From the level where I stand in my profession, I know I had one time the occasion to deal with the scourge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). One of the problems that I came across is that these people who unfortunately acquired HIV/AIDS, their nutritional status were at the lowest. What does that entail? The immunological functions or the ability to fight disease or the ability to fend off disease is highly compromised. At the micro level, any nutrition which is biochemically adequate, can fight 50 percent of the disease process in our bodies. It gives the body the power and ability to sustain and fight off infections. Therefore, food is a security item because it has multiplicity of functions that can perform in order to sustain mankind. No wonder even 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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