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    "id": 1048513,
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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": "Madam Temporary Speaker, recent mapping in terms of daycare centres established that there are about 2,700 informal daycare centres in Nairobi alone in informal settlements such as Kibera, Kawangware and other slums. In these areas, many of the children that go to these daycare centres are majorly from single parents who are working and cannot afford house helps. In the recent past, there were stringent labour laws against people who do not treat their house helps properly. Therefore, the single parents look for alternatives to ensure that they leave their children, so that they can do some jobs to earn a living. These are ad hoc and temporary centres with no structured arrangements, not registered, the conditions there are very poor and in most cases, they are run by untrained men and women. You can visualize what happens there. The daycare centres that have no structured systems have no age appropriate activities for the children who are taken there. Therefore, children of any age are exposed to whatever activities found there. In addition, these centres are not registered. Since they are not registered, we find that children are not registered and can be exposed to child traffickers. This is, indeed, a challenge. That is why we are proposing that there should be a policy to regulate these centres. There should be a policy to ensure that they are managed properly and can be followed up. In addition, away from daycare centres being setup in very poor conditions, of late this has become an enterprise where traders setup daycare centres and charge any amount of fees as much as Kshs.30,000 or Kshs.50,000 per term. Apart from that, nutrition in those daycare centres is really wanting. This exposes children to diseases. Right now, with COVID-19, it is a great challenge unless we have guidelines to enforce some rules. Madam Temporary Speaker, you will find that these centres are very congested. Some of them are just put up in some kitchens or anything that can be found. In most cases, you find that they are in conditions that are not fit for little children of this particular age because it is a very fragile age. 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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