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    "id": 1276541,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdul Haro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to put my voice and contribute to this important Motion on the development of implementation of a child care programme for children whose parents are in lawful custody. I must take this opportunity to thank Hon. Brighton Yegon for coming up with this very timely and most welcome Motion at a time when we know that a lot of things are happening in our societies all over the world in relation to children, their rights and welfare. The arrest of a parent can have significant impact on a child, especially if it happens in his or her presence. We live in a society where children face a lot of challenges. We talk about the drug menace and sex pests who are lurking around in all our villages and societies. Looking at this Motion, safeguarding children of arrested parents has a lot of importance. They have a lot of benefits to the child, for example, in supporting their immediate and future physical, emotional and psychological well-being. It also helps in maintaining the continued relationship between a child and the parent, especially if the programme takes into consideration the visits and the kinds of coordination between how a child and the parents can keep communication with each other even though the parent is in custody. This impacts on the child's development, especially in relation to how the child will in future view the police force. If the arrest happened in front of a child, it might have some lifelong impact on the child to the effect that it can also determine how the child will view the police and law enforcement in general as they grow up. Looking at the prayer that Hon. Brighton has made, that, we urge the Government, through the State Department of 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 The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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