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    "id": 1237152,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1237152/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion. First of all, children belong to the Government. Sometimes, where a mother or a responsible adult is not involved, we should up our game as a Government to make sure that the rights of all children in Kenya are protected, right from birth. Those incidents happen year in, year out, such that we are still here talking about this. It is our collective responsibility, whether we have limited education or not that, once a child comes into a family or a community, we should all be on guard about how they are raised, and the environment in which they are raised. Because of poverty, some people neglect their children, thus putting them in danger. Children’s departments in all towns should go out of their comfort zones to attend to such cases. I have been called to my county’s children’s office many times to go and take some of those children, as the children’s officers seek to get to the bottom of why they have been neglected or have been reported missing. We are asked to help and yet, I do not think that there are facilities to shelter those children in every county. There are many things that make this a little complicated and yet, it is not supposed to be. I support this Motion. Considering where Kenya is today since Independence, we should be implementing more and theoretically narrating less. Thank you."
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