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    "id": 33423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/33423/?format=api",
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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"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government of Kenya adopted the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the Sale of Children, Prostitution and Child Pornography on 9th August, 2000, but has not yet ratified it. The ratification of the protocol will be done in line with Article 94(5) of the new Constitution, which requires Parliament to play a role in the process unlike in the past when this was the preserve of the Cabinet or the Executive. My Ministry sought the advice of the Attorney-General’s Office and was advised that the latter was drafting the ratification of International Treaties Bill to facilitate ratification and assention to conventions and protocols. In the light of this, the ratification of the protocol in question will be done as soon as the appropriate legal framework is in place. (b) My Ministry is aware of the increased cases of child pornography and prostitution in the country. In order to deal with that undesirable situation, the Government has put the following measures in place:- (i) The legal and policy frameworks which are in place are:- The Children Act, 2001, the Sexual Offences Act, the National Children’s Policy, the Penal Code, the Draft National Code of Conduct on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and the Tourism Code of Conduct."
}