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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Weya",
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Arthur Weya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for having given me the opportunity to say one or two words with regard to this Motion by Mr. Wamunyinyi. The fact is that there are many ills that have occurred in this country. There are tribal clashes, poverty, HIV/AIDS, alcoholism, drug abuse and sexual offences. This Bill is very necessary and it requires a lot of attention. We have school children who go through a lot of trauma in their families and it would be very necessary for us, as a society, to think of putting counsellors in schools. In private schools, that has already been put in place, but in public schools, students have a hard time to cope with some of these traumas that really affect their learning. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently, there was this high-risk criminal who was killing people aimlessly. At the time he was in school, he used to be very quite and did not talk much. If that kind of situation had been addressed and that child spoken to at the school level, his problems would have been addressed. He must have been going through a lot of pain and that is why he could kill blatantly. It is critical for that kind of child to have a facility that can assist him. The elite in this country can see counsellors because they can afford to. I think they charge Kshs1,000 for a half-an-hour. This responsibility has been left to the church, where we find that those counsellors are not well-trained but they have been given that opportunity because they are Christians and that they can read the Bible. That is a huge burden for somebody who does not have the necessary experience."
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