Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1268851,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1268851/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 178,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Vihiga County, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Adagala",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I see the Member for Mombasa County is calling me the Deputy Party Leader for Amani National Congress (ANC). You should know that ANC’s presence is felt when you see me standing. I want to add my voice to this Motion by Hon. Jane Maina, the Member for Kirinyaga County on the introduction of comprehensive health education as a core subject in schools. I thank my colleague for bringing this timely Motion. Our society today comprises 70 per cent of young people, that is, school-going girls and boys who need to be guided. Growing up, our grandparents and aunties would educate us on the changes in our bodies and any other changes we encountered as young girls and boys. Nowadays, this is not being done. In support of Hon. Jane, this subject should be taught in school. You can blame this on our traditional cultures that do not allow parents to teach their children about reproductive organs and sex. This is termed as taboo. This Motion has come at the right time so that children will be taught these things in schools. A Member has said that our children are on social media platforms like TikTok. These platforms may be avenues for communication but sometimes our children are accessing inappropriate material through them. For example, the other day in my county a two-year-old child was raped by the grandfather. This is terrible and traumatising yet we do not want to speak about sexual issues with our children. It is high time that this subject was taught in schools, churches, and everywhere so that we can save our children. Nowadays even some elderly women are raping young boys. These things should be taught so that our children should know what are the dangers involved. We have sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, and many diseases. Young girls engaging in sex can ruin their uterus and reproductive systems. This subject is very important. Children must be taught this in schools and churches. As a society, leaders and parents, we have failed in our responsibilities. We have left everything to teachers. It is high time we took this with the urgency it requires so that…"
}