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    "id": 33424,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/33424/?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"
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    "content": "(ii) The Government, in conjunction with UNICEF, carried out a study in the year 2006 on commercial sexual exploitation of children, which came up with the district action plans in four districts; namely, Kwale, Mombasa, Malindi and Kilifi. The recommendations from the study have to be replicated in other major districts and towns, all the other borders of transit, districts and towns, where child prostitution is rampant. The Code of Conduct for Hoteliers along the coastal regions was developed and signed by 96 hoteliers to protect children from prostitution. The establishment of four rescue centers for abandoned babies, young girls and boys at Thika, Nairobi Childrens’ Home, Machakos and Garrisa, has been done. The process of establishing one in Kisumu is ongoing. We have established a child help line - which is a 24-hour toll free line - where such cases of pornography and child prostitution can be reported. We have established area advisory councils in 145 districts to handle the increasing cases of child pornography and prostitution in the country. The above is in line with the establishment of area advisory councils which are mandated to deal with child issues locally within the districts. Finally, My Ministry, in collaboration with partners, has established a toll-free child help line 116 in Eldoret, Garissa and Nairobi which serve the entire country and is used for reporting any form of child abuse. The facility is accessible to children as well as the entire public. Plans are in place to expand the capacity of the service. Thank you."
}