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    "id": 281779,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/281779/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reason I had requested for time was because the Minister had presented draft regulations which I needed time to look at. I have looked at the answer that he has given where he says that they are still polishing them. However, at the back, he says they now have the regulations and very soon they will table a Bill here to amend the Employment Act. Therefore, they cannot now work on the regulations. This Question is about employment of children under the age of 16 years. Work is harmful to children under 16 years. On Friday and Saturday, I visited 27 constituencies in Western Kenya and 15 constituencies in Nyanza, respectively. One of the most obvious things that we saw along the way as we were passing with the ODM Caravan was many young children as young as ten years, who are employed in respective industries. Could he indicate what is precluding him from continuing with these regulations because they are still necessary, not just for the Employment Act, but for the Children Act and for the Constitution? What is stopping him from completing them concurrently because we have the Constitution which gives him the basic guidelines on issues of child labour?"
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