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    "id": 1057025,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the Statement by my colleague Sen. Kasanga on child abuse. Yes, it is true that our country is a signatory to many international treaties on the care and protection of children. In most cases, we do not even adhere to the treaties which we have signed. That needs to be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also true that a line needs to be drawn between what is child abuse and what is bringing up children? As Sen. M. Kajwang’ has just said, I remember very well when most of us in this House were growing up and I believe this applies to almost everyone as we grew up, the bringing up of children was communal responsibility. The society took care of disciplining and making sure that children grew up as responsible citizens, even in the remotest villages. I remember my own case when I was growing up. It was the responsibility of every adult to make sure that if I have been sent to go and fetch water from the river, I do not go playing on the road. If a parent finds me playing the road, whether is my parent or another parent, I would be answerable. I would be asked to do what it is that I was sent to go and do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the biggest challenges that we have and we must admit this is that the mindsets that we are instilling on our children as parents is not right for them to grow up as responsible citizens in this country. A child grows up believing that they should never be questioned for whatever it is that they want to do and they should never be disciplined by any other person apart for their father or their mother. Unfortunately, they carry these mentalities to school. When they are challenged by teachers to do what is right, they look at that as abuse, they quarrel with their teachers end up organizing strikes in schools. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we walk the talk and try to ensure that we do not expose our children to abuse in terms of child labour, sexual, verbal and physical abuse, we must be ready to instill the right mindset on them for the betterment of our society. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement."
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