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    "id": 483774,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Children (Amendment) Bill, National Assembly No.18, of 2014 be read a Second Time. This is a great day for me as a person with a background on human rights law; possibly it is the greatest day. I say so because I am standing on the Floor of this august Assembly of the nation to speak for those Kenyans who have rights in our Bill of Rights, but because of age they cannot speak to assert those rights. On 27th August, 2010, the people of this country gave themselves a great Constitution. Hon. Members will remember that the Constitution has been blessed nearly by everybody in the world. It is not just because of the entire document. Perhaps, when you look at the Constitution, the part of our Constitution that everybody has celebrated is the part dealing with the Bill of rights. It is very detailed and treats all sections of our society. If you look at Chapter Four of the Constitution which deals with the Bill of Rights, the entire Article 53 of the Constitution is dedicated to the rights of the child. This is important for hon. Members, the entire Article 53, once in the history of this country is being dedicated only to this section of our society called the child. In that Article 53 there are two salient and important issues. One of them is that the best interest of the child shall be of paramount importance. That is the greatest ideal borrowed from international conventions and all laws and traditions across the world. The best interest of the child in all matters concerning a child will be one issue of paramount consideration. The next ideal that is salient when you look at Article 53 of the Constitution deals with the manner in which a child should be taken care of and protected, of course, having taken the idea that the best interest of the child is of paramount importance. Permit me to refer to Article 53(1)(e). What the people of Kenya said concerning their children is as follows: That every child has the right to parental care and protection which includes equal responsibility---"
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