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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you, very much Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute. Children are a heritage of our nations. All of us have been children at some point and every adult has to pass through that stage. I would want to highlight a few issues that we should be doing, and one is about safeguarding the children of Kenya. Looking at it broadly, the parameters we should be looking at as adults and leaders are well defined in the welfare of the children of Kenya. One is the issue of diet and making sure that those who are younger than us are well replenished with the right diet for them to grow to be responsible adults of Kenya. They are a source of labour for our economy. Two, and very important, is the issue of health. This is making sure that the children we raise are well catered for in matters health. It is for us leaders and the Government to make sure that our children have access to the right health and are raised in a good manner. I would want to speak more on the issue of education. As we know, the age which a person is called a child is between 0 to 18 years. In between, there are stages of new borns, infants and that of school-going children. Now, school-going children in Kenya means children who are in pre-primary school, primary school all the way to secondary schools. When President Uhuru Kenyatta was campaigning, his team made a promise to all the children of Kenya that there was going to be free secondary education. However, as a Member of Parliament, and I am sure my colleagues can bear me witness, what we call free secondary education in Kenya is more or less like a mirage. We still have to support those who go to day schools which is deemed free by this Government, whereas many of us know that for the day scholars to go through their education years, they have to pay more than Kshs10, 000 per year. There is the feeding programme. When we call it free, it has to be free, indeed. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the Government to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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