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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to second the Bill by Sen. Miraj on the protection of child parents. Before I add my voice on this, perhaps for purposes of definition, a child parent is any parent who is under the age of 18 years. We know that in this country, we are dealing with many teenage pregnancies and injustices, particularly on our girls who are under the age of 18 years. These injustices sometimes lead to pregnancies and the situation that now we are talking about; child parents and teenage girls. I am happy to second this Bill because for a long time, we have been talking about teenage pregnancies and how to end them. However, while we are dealing with the issues of how to end teenage pregnancies, we are not addressing the issues of what is happening to these children who are pregnant. First of all, it is public knowledge that in most of our institutions; both public and private schools, the moment a girl becomes pregnant, it becomes an issue of having to request them or send them out of school. Madam Temporary Speaker, over the weekend last week, I came from a region in Kilifi County called Marafa, where the rate of teenage pregnancies is alarming. Many girls there become pregnant due to several issues, including sexual abuse. The first thing that happens is being kicked out of their schools and sometimes out of their homes. So, together with the partners that I am working with, we were looking at how to ensure we have the safety of these girls in terms of their immediate safety, not just on education. We talked about creating safe spaces for the abused girls who are now pregnant. It became very apparent that in that particular region of Kilifi County, I am sure as well as other many regions in Kenya, when a girl gets pregnant while in school, they are considered hopeless and there is no longer investment on them. As I go through this Bill and look at what it seeks to address in terms of protection of the child, it is high time that we address the issues of the pregnant girls. I"
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