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    "id": 1276498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Konoin, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Brighton Yegon",
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    "content": "provides for the care of a child whose parent is deprived of liberty, until the child still require parental support; further recognising that majority of these children often suffer from emotional distress, social stigma and economic hardships; cognisant of the fact that all children should be accorded a means of maintaining their relationship with their incarcerated parents; noting that, children have restricted economic resources available for their support which in turn negatively impacts their lives; this House therefore urges the Government, through the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, to develop and implement a programme for the care of children above the age of four years whose parents are under lawful custody. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are alive to the fact that many times families fight and it may lead to the death of one of the family members. When death occurs, one will have to be jailed for the killing or something related to that. My question is: when that happens, what happens to the children? Sometimes the children are very young and vulnerable, between 0-18 years. In cases where both parents are arrested and jailed, what happens? Article 53 of the Constitution of Kenya indicates that every child has the immediate right to free and compulsory education apart from the rights to health and the other rights that are enshrined in our Constitution. We must protect children when such things happen. It is welcome and a possible initiative that the Government intends to give stipends to village managers. It also intends to extend registration for the Inua Jamii Programme of registering the vulnerable in society—the young children, orphans, and the old in society who are over 70 years old. It is in line with this that we seek the support of Government to look also at children of incarcerated parents. That is so that they can be part and parcel of those being registered and supported under this programme."
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