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    "id": 280581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Gender, Children and Social Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 40,
        "legal_name": "Atanas Manyala Keya",
        "slug": "atanas-manyala"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Ministry spends Kshs200 million every month on orphans and vulnerable children in the country. In Mombasa, a total of Kshs3 million was spent every month during the 2009/2010 Financial Year. During the same period, no such money was spent in Lamu County. The programme is being steadily upscaled and Lamu has been catered for in the current Financial Year, that is 2011/2012 with an allocation of Kshs14 million which has been allocated to the counties. This translates to Kshs5.6 million for 280 households in Lamu East and Kshs8.4 million for 420 households in Lamu West. The Ministry has just concluded the beneficiary identification and targeting process and payment shall be disbursed before the end of this financial year. (b) My Ministry has not been allocated any funds to cater for street children in the country. Therefore, no groups in Mombasa and Lamu have received such a fund from my Ministry. (c) In May, 2011, my Ministry undertook a rapid assessment on the status of street children in Mombasa to establish their number and assess their needs for proper planning and better service delivery. Besides the rapid assessment, several mechanisms, programmes and facilities to deal with the ever increasing vulnerable children, including street children all over the country have been put in place. These efforts are collaborative where the Government agencies as well as development partners are involved and include the establishment of child protection centres which are to be used as fronts in a coordinated support system for children including street children. Currently, there are two fully operational centres in Malindi and Garrisa and another four under construction in Kakamega, Siaya, Nakuru and Nairobi. The drafting of the Children’s Act (Amendment Bill) which is aimed at enhancing child care and protection in the country, hence taming incidences of abandonment, neglect and all other forms of child abuse which drive children to the streets is ongoing. As soon as it is ready, the Bill will be brought to Parliament for debate and enactment."
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