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    "id": 1303764,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "our days in this world are limited. After 70 years, the Bible says you only live with pain and suffering. So, we must ensure that we bring up the future generation. I am impressed that this Bill brings to prominence the role that our County Executive Committees play at the county. This is because they are people who understand and live in the counties. Every time we want to solve a problem, there has been this idea of saying that we must run to the national Government. Let us support devolution. Let us give hope to our people that devolution came to change lives at the counties and so that we can resolve issues. I do not know whether we are complying with the Fourth Schedule on assignment of duties between the national Government and county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you know, the only role that is assigned to county governments on education is on Early Childhood Development (ECD). However, I am saying there is a proposal on this Bill that the county governments should also be involved in ensuring a child, whose mother is a child, is supported to go to school. Maybe we need to interrogate the Bill further to see if there are any amendments that can be made, so that we make it constitutional compliant. We do not want such a good Bill to die because of being unconstitutional. I am very impressed with the idea of establishing care centres. This happens. If you travel to industrialised countries such USA, childcare centres are all over. However, this one is dedicated to taking care of children whose mothers are children. It is a very progressive Bill. I hope that we, as Senators, will support the enactment of this Bill, but do it with caution. I know that Sen. Kinyua agrees with me that we are not encouraging our children to become parents at an early age. We must always advocate what we are told in the Bible; that love is patient. Wait for the right time. We do not want boys to tempt our girls and tell them that the Senate is passing a Bill that if they get a child, the Government will support. It can also have a negative impact in the society. The Sexual Offences Act must remain in force. We do not want adults to start making mothers who are underage. The law on having sex with a child should remain and be enforced. The only interest this Bill should look at is the best interest of that child who has found himself/herself in circumstances where the mother is a child with no income and wants to pursue education. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I support. I hope that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration will take urgent and immediate action to address the issue of insecurity in the County of Nyamira. We live in a very small county. If this trend of killing our people in Nyamira continues, we will be depleted. These are serious matters. As I said, I have had a discussion with the Cabinet Secretary for Interior on behalf of the leadership of the County of Nyamira. If you followed what happened today is that there was a big security meeting convened by the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCIO) at the Kebirigo market. He must have received reports from the citizens of the County of Nyamira. I hope that sooner than later, we will make a visit to Nyamira County, so that he can address the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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