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    "id": 1157148,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1157148/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likoni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mishi Mboko",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 874,
        "legal_name": "Mishi Juma Khamisi",
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    "content": "There is the issue of trafficking. We have had so many cases of child trafficking yet we do not have solutions. What kind of measures are we putting in place to ensure that children are not being trafficked? We know about so many brothels where minors have been abused, yet we do not have any kind of laws or solutions to protect our children whether it is here in the country or outside the country. We have heard of so many cases. Our children have been taken from Kenya, lied to that they are going to be given jobs or are going to be married to wealthy people only to discover that they are being abused. This is another area that we need to look at and ensure that there is proper regulation which is going to be implemented to ensure that our children are safe and free. When you are talking about foster parents or biological parents, in some cases foster parents are not ready to provide proper care to their children. They deny them education, they beat them and do so many other bad things. So, even before you take a child from a biological parent to a foster parent, there must be a framework to ensure that these foster parents are going to take care of these children who have been taken from their biological parents. There is the issue of registration for those children who do not have parents; the orphans. They neither have mothers or fathers. According to the laws, you need to take a birth certificate of your father or mother or the identity card of your parents for you to be registered. These children are orphans. There are those who have been left. They do not know who their parents are. There must be a regulation. I know there is a regulation that if children have been seen in this country for a certain period of time, they are presumed to be Kenyan. There needs to be proper legislation to ensure that these children are protected not only for the issue of registration but also for their welfare. This Bill is huge and good. There is the issue of having a council. I know the council is there but we need to strengthen it. This Bill talks of strengthening the council for children so that their issues and matters will be looked into."
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