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    "id": 1087255,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me an opportunity to comment and congratulate Sen. Falhada for this statement. When it comes to social media, it has its pros and cons. Many times there is a lot of grapevine information from social media. It gives you lots of information; some of it is true while some of it is false. So, there is need for a way censoring all information that appear on social media because sometimes it has influence on the youth. It is very addictive. The youth spend a lot of their active time and energy just “googling” on social media to get information. Some of the information they get helps them while some of it wreck their mind. Mr. Speaker, Sir, although it is not really easy to control the amount of information that comes on social media, there is need for the society to see how children can be helped, especially teenagers so that they are not isolated. Some of them look for jobs while some do not. Those who are keen are able to look for jobs on social media market themselves and advertise what they are doing; the merchandise they have. This can help in creating employment. There is need for us to ensure that our children are aware of social and how to use it. Right now, most of the things are done on the internet. Education is now online. However, we need to ensure that our children are not messed up. The social media creates a lot of false friendship. For example, Face Book, you just click a button to send a friend request. However, some of our youths are not aware that these friends are not factual because in case of anything they cannot help in any way. So, there is need to look for a mechanism of ensuring that youths are aware. Awareness is the most important thing because even education is conducted on the internet. There is need for us to see how to help our teenagers so that they do not find themselves in problems, for instance, being attacked by perpetrators of heinous activities. I support this statement by Sen. Falhada, but there is need for another statement that will obligate the ICT department to ensure that there is control on social media, especially creating awareness among the youth on how to use social media."
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