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    "id": 806830,
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    "speaker_name": "Maragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mary Njoroge",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13421,
        "legal_name": "Mary Wamaua Waithira Njoroge",
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    "content": "us. They will know we are looking into their plight. The other citizens also know what we do whenever we come here. As much as the Mover talked about this Motion, it is true that the moment we urge the Government to push to the feeding programmes to the public primary schools that we have--- It is very true that we are going to boost a lot of enrolment in the schools. Some of the children, when they hear that there is food in school, they will see the reason to be there. This will also hold children in school. We are going to eliminate truancy that usually occurs in schools during lunch hour and in the afternoons, when they feel they are hungry and they cannot continue to listen to their teachers during the afternoon lessons. So, this is a Motion that really needs to be implemented. That is the reason why we are urging the Government to implement this. When you look at ASAL areas and especially in the rural areas, you will find that many of our children, due to lack of getting enough food at home, they are malnourished. The moment we urge and this programme takes shape, it means we will improve the nutrition levels of our children. We are going to fight some of the malnutrition-related diseases. We are coming up with the universal health for all. This is also going to boost their health because much of what will be eaten at schools will be balanced diet. Leave alone the issue of improving the health. Look at productivity when it comes to syllabus coverage. The teacher will be able to capture the concentration of those children because, in the afternoon, most of the time when our stomachs or those of the children are empty, you may find that the children do follow the teacher as the teacher tries to cover the syllabus. It is also going to create some employment. Whoever will be cooking in those schools will be some of the members who finished schooling or even our mothers and other members of the public. They will be employed as cooks to make sure that the food is ready by lunch hour. Those are some of the citizens who will be able to put food on the tables at their homes. We are also going to improve on the production of food crops in the local areas. What the farmers will produce will be easily bought by the schools, so that they can give enough food to the students. We are also going to zero in on child labour. Most of the time, you will find that since the students are not going to school because there is nothing to eat, they are the ones you will find accompanying the parents to assist them in trying to get something at home. Because we are going to zero in on child labour, we are building the locals. It is going to help. I fully support the Motion. I request that the Committee on Implementation will move and push the Government to have the compulsory feeding programme done in all the public primary schools. Thank you."
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