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    "id": 1097919,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1097919/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chebeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Chebeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will now continue. The consequences of child abuse in Kenya is very devastating, causing negative outcome to the children of this country. Issues to do with health, social mobility and mental health among others. Indeed, violence against children affects the entire social ecology from the individual to the full society. Cases of child abuse have almost tripled in the recent past, and made worse during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Physical abuse, defilement and child neglect and abduction, remain the top forms of child abuse in the country, as reported in mainstream media. As late as yesterday, in the news, you could hear that a certain person - I do not know whether he was in his right mind - took several children and killed them after torturing them. Therefore, there is an issue of abduction and torture. It is not fair that young children die at such a young age. A society that cannot protect its children has no future, given that children are the future. The Government needs to put in place measures to ensure that the rights of children are protected according to Article 53 of the Constitution. There is also need to"
}