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    "id": 1030643,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "said that it is not the first time it happened. The previous County Government of Nakuru did that to them too. These children have the same rights as our children. Therefore, this matter cannot be taken lightly by whoever is listening. Mr. Speaker Sir, on recommendations that appropriate measures are taken in terms of policy and legislative interventions, to ensure that street children across the country are protected, treated with dignity, and accorded the opportunities including but not limited to social protection, the Committee recommends that- (1)The National Council for Children’s Services follow up on the issue of the dumping of street children in Chemasusu Forest and present their own independent report to the Committee in 30 days from the day of tabling of the report; (2)The County Government of Nakuru ensures that it complies with Sections 40 and 42 of the Children Act by; (a)Providing for children who are in need of care and protection; (b)Provision for accommodation and maintenance of children; (c)Furtherance in the best interest of children in their care; (d)Provision of financial assistance towards the expenses of maintenance, education or training of children; and (e)The accommodation of children in voluntary homes, including homes set up by voluntary children’s institutions. (3)The National Council for Children’s Services should report to the Senate within two months on the compliance level of Nakuru County. That report shall be shared with the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations as well as it addresses the matter of conferment of city status. (4)The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection working in collaboration with the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund develop and finalise this policy for adoption by Parliament and present it within the next three months; Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition, there is another perspective that I will not go into that has been listed in the report from (a) to (h) which goes to the specifics. We want personal culpability. We first met these children long ago when we were dealing with the Solai Dam incident. We also met them again a few months ago. They are traumatized and need to be compensated. Somebody must take responsibility. Children cannot be put in vehicles with county number plates and the governor says he is not aware. The matter has been in the news but he says that he has not heard the issues nor seen the HANSARD. That irresponsibility cannot be supported by this Senate. County governors and all public officials must know that the strength of their counties is not on brick and mortar, conferment of city status or a name; it is what they do for the most vulnerable in the county; the least in the society who cannot do anything for themselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have focused too much on things that are extra and additional and forgotten to focus on basic humanity. That is what this country is dying and crying for. When we went there, Sen. Shiyonga and others shed tears for these children, whom we now know personally. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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