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    "id": 101435,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. First I wish to thank the Mover of this Bill because of the deep preparation she has made to develop it. I would like to talk on a few items in the Bill. One area that is being addressed by this Bill is the issue of early marriages or forced marriages. Children are forced to marry, thereby being denied a chance to go to school. That is tantamount to ruining the future of these innocent kids. It is also self- denial in terms of self-determination in the way one would like to be in future. We have the rich in the society who take advantage and exploit the children. They use the children for sexual satisfaction. We have noted that in Coast region, there are tourists who take advantage of these young kids to exploit them sexually. Sometimes they are used to pedal drugs in that region. That is ruining the innocent children. It is like they are being used as objects and that should not be tolerated in modern Kenya. Our security organs like the NSIS and the CID must be in a position to prevent some of these crimes. There are also times when our children are taken away from schools and used by film makers to shoot pornographic movies. This is very serious. There are some countries which are not stable where our young boys and children are being taken to these areas to get trained as soldiers. They are exposed to ammunition and weapons. This is very risky to these children. We need to control that menace where our young children are taken across the border to get enlisted in military training. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are also instances where persons have been taken to Europe and even Asia for exploitation. At times, they are mistreated and beaten. At times, they come back in bags after they have been killed. Once this Bill comes into law, some of these events will not be experienced. Our security forces, again, must be vigilant at our border points and even the port to make sure that these kinds of exercises do not really take place. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will also realize that there are kidnappings in this nation. Some of them are directed at young girls and middle aged ladies. This is another exploitation by the rich in the society. There are also cases where some people elope with young girls. This should not be allowed at all in this society. In order to punish this kind of crime, it is, therefore, important that we fully support this particular Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, without any hesitation, I beg to support this very timely Bill."
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