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    "id": 806833,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Budalangi, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Raphael Wanjala",
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        "legal_name": "Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala",
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    "content": "hectares. All of that is marsh. Movement there is not easy. But she has managed to bring them up to Nairobi. For them, it is as if they have reached heaven. This is heaven for them because I know most Members of Parliament here do not know Kenya. They simply go to their constituencies from Nairobi. Some of your constituencies are near Nairobi. Even if they are not near Nairobi, they are possibly exposed, developed and so on. That does not mean Budalangi is not developed. It is developed, but that part of it is under a swamp. The School Feeding Programme is the only thing that keeps students in Bubamba and Rugunga Primary in schools. It is because of the topography and the way they live in the swamp in Budalangi. Even the little relief food that the people of Budalangi are given, we always have to make sure we give those schools something for students to be kept in school. Therefore, this Motion has come at the right time, when the beneficiaries are listening as Members of Parliament are articulating their plights, so that they can benefit and be kept in school. This programme is in the law. I am happy that the Hon. Member has quoted the Article in the Constitution. We need the Kenya Human Rights Commission to fight for the rights of Kenyans which are enshrined in the Constitution, so that the Government can take responsibility to ensure that pupils in Bubamba School eat lunch, breakfast and supper. Without that, these people will be left behind. It is only education that can give equal opportunities to all Kenyans. Once you deny people education, you have denied them opportunities amongst other Kenyans. Therefore, what will stabilise this country is for us, as a House, to fight for the rights of all Kenyans to access clean water - which is never accessed in Bubamba, to access food that is edible, not just any other food so that pupils in those places can also stay in schools and learn like other pupils in other places. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity."
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