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"content": "or stop or, rather, fight drug abuse at this level. We are now trying to address the issue of school violence by making dormitories that have bigger doors, windows and the grills on windows are being removed. I think this is treating symptoms, which is all right. But I think we really need to look deeper at the root cause, which is the upbringing. Our children are growing up in more solitude-like environments because the parents are becoming very busy, trying to make ends meet and trying to put bread on the table. The main character moulder becomes the maid – and I have a lot of respect for maids because they are actually almost becoming the backbone of the care for our children – the television, video, play stations and social media sites. But what is the menu on these sites? The menu is mainly wealth worship; the wealthier you are, the more crooked methods you use to amass this wealth, the more you will be celebrated. What are the other menus on these videos and whatever? The issues of honesty, truthfulness, modesty, hard work, prudence, care for one another and the society – parents, grandparents and the community – are all out of this menu and, in fact, all those values are now a sign of weakness. Ruthlessness is inculcated through this media and the more ruthless, crooked and the more cheating one does, the better he becomes. What does this result to? You realize that now, cheating is happening in schools up to the universities, where people even prepare thesis in fake ways; that is the more popular or fashionable route to take. The issue of earning from hard work and being satisfied with what you have; the issue of competing with oneself only and celebrating what you have achieved is not fair game. The fairest game is how crooked you need to be to get a degree, to pass an exam and to get wealth. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other menu is casual sex, right from television and radio programmes. When you sit in your car from here to your home, the kind of vulgar talk you hear and the pornography that you see when you are at home watching television – and the same kids are seated with you after you have picked them up from school, watching and listening to this. Somebody calls on radio exposing certain issues--- What does this lead to? It leads to casual sex at the earliest stage. Our kids now participate in sex as early as at 12 years of age, or even younger. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, crime is the other item on the menu. There is a whole channel on Digital Satellite TV (DSTV) dedicated to crime – how to plan and execute crime and how to cover up that crime – the result of it is that our children, at a very early stage, are now learning to handle guns. I gave a story here of a banker and his wife – a very young couple with one child – who were learning how to drive the new car they had just bought, and they were doing it in this open space in Jamhuri Park as you drive along Ngong Road – and three young children aged between 14 and 17 came and robbed this couple at gun point. This is all as a result of the inculcation from the new media; this is what is being inculcated in our children at this early stage. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, issues of patriotism are nowhere in this country; issues of nationhood, self sacrifice; issues of going out to do good for your neighbour or your country are long lost. People do not know about nationhood; people aged 30 and above do not know or cannot even sing the first there verses of our National Anthem. You can go along the street asking people “Can you sing for me the National Anthem?” If they can sing, it will only be the first verse, maybe because it is the one being repeated over and over all the time. Ask our children and even the 30 year olds today about the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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