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    "id": 784164,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also stand to add my voice to this great Bill. First of all, I thank the Senate Majority Leader for bringing a great Bill to this House. Issues of food security and the quality of food cannot be over- emphasized. This Bill will actually operationalise Article 43(1) (c) of the Constitution to ensure that the Government complies with its mandate of ensuring that its citizens are provided with sufficient food. This Bill speaks to the framework and mechanisms through which the Government can accomplish this wonderful objective. The legislative framework will by no means go a long way in ensuring that the national Government, as well as the county Governments, are guided so that our country realises food security. One of the four pillars set by the Government is food security. The other one is sustainable healthcare. If the issue of food security can be addressed, many of the diseases caused by malnutrition can be reduced. In any case, we shall reduce the amount of funding that goes to health. However, we do realise that despite the fact that we are talking about food security, it looks like many of the processes that we have tried to put in place are ad hoc or rather impulse activities that are abandoned after a short while. I believe that this great Bill will ensure that people are food secure. Clause 5 (1) states that:- “Under Article 43 (1) (c) of the Constitution, every person has the right to be free from hunger and to have adequate food of an acceptable quality.” I hope that this will go a long way in implementing actions to ensure that we solve this issue once and for all. It is unfortunate that this Bill came up in the last Parliament but it was not passed. We are not sure what happened but this is a very good Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Part II, Clause 5(2) (c) states that:- “For the enjoyment of the right to adequate food and freedom from hunger, the national and county governments shall- promote the production of diverse crops and foods and put in place measures, including irrigation schemes, water harvesting schemes and other programmes that ensure the availability of adequate food for all.” 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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