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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Angwenyi",
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Right from the outset, I would like to thank and commend the hon. Member for bringing this important Motion. I wish she had brought it earlier. I hope that her constituents will recognise and appreciate the Motions she has been bringing to this House so that they can give her another chance to come back to this House and see that the Motions are implemented. In the old days, before the Western culture uprooted the African culture, orphans used to be taken care of by their extended families. If you lost your brother, you took care of his children. If you lost a sister, you took care of her children. If you lost a cousin, you took care of his or her children. However, the Western culture set in and brought in two very devastating issues of culture in this country. One is the culture of materialism, where you want to have only two children so that you can buy each one of them a computer, a slim television set and tonnes of clothing, such that you cannot spare anything for your neighbour's child, who is an orphan. The Western culture also brought a culture of neglect. This is a culture where you are not concerned about the society around you. With the advent of the HIV/AIDS, which has devastated this country, especially in the province where I come from--- Every week, in my constituency, we lose more than 100 people who die from HIV/AIDS related diseases. These are young people who are between the ages of 20 and August 22, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3367 mid-40s. These people have children who are, in most cases, below ten years old. Since the society does not want to take care of these children, they have to take care of themselves. Just imagine a child of ten years taking care of his or her siblings who are below ten years old, maybe four or six year old children. How does he fend for that family? It is the responsibility of any Government to provide and take care of its citizens, especially the young citizens."
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