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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Moses Kirima (",
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    "content": "community in Kenya. We should not teach this to innocent children and end up making them perverts, especially those who like the word ‘sex. We are aware the world is changing in different ways, especially in Africa. The western culture is being brought by activists who are paid by their countries to introduce unsuitable behaviour in our communities. I understand in Britain health and sexual education was introduced but it teaches that there is no difference between female and male students. If this kind of education is brought here, it will mess us up. We should undertake public participation with experts who will advise us on the best education curriculum for our students. We cannot stand in Parliament and say that sex is very good and that it is food. No, it is not! There must be a way of teaching a grade one student this subject because they are too young to be pumped with the idea of sex at a very young age. So, we must be cautious and have a way of teaching reproduction. It should be called ‘natural sex teaching’ because there are those with different ideas about sex. We may not make progress if we forget we have different cultures in Kenya. As you travel along the road, you find people bathing in rivers without clothes exposing their nakedness and this is not a taboo. However, in my community, you will never find somebody naked because it is a taboo. Sexual education should include sexuality and the human being anatomy. We must be cautious and should not add subjects in the curriculum without selecting what is good. As I conclude, we must have experts to advice on what should be taught in every grade and form in both our primary and secondary schools because these children are deprived knowledge on sex education. I support this Motion with caution because in some parts of the country sex education maybe taken negatively by the communities. We should tailor it to be of benefit to our children and not just teach them about reproduction alone. In some communities, sex education is taught during initiation or when a girl reaches a certain age. I am very saddened when I hear about very young children having sex or teachers having sex with young students. That is why we hear people complaining about a nine-year-old being pregnant. I support this Motion but with amendments because we need to ensure what is taught in our schools is favourable. As we talk about health education, there is a likelihood of doing what was done before when we adopted the British culture because we were colonised by them. If we make the mistake of adopting a syllabus taught in Britain, we will mess our Kenyan society by bringing unnatural things. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. If there is a minute remaining, I can donate it to my colleague, Hon. Taitumu, Member for Igembe North Constituency."
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