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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Leshore",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Prisa Leshore",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to register my voice in congratulating Sen. Ongoro for coming up with this Motion which is long overdue. For those of us who have been in the game of politics for quite some times now, you know we have been talking about these things. I am not like my good old friend Sen. G.G. Kariuki, but I have been there for about two decades now. What I have realized as a politician is that we must eradicate poverty. We must try and control the digital technology or the new technology we have these days. Those two things are the ones which spoil our children. Most of us in this House either have a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a relative or a community where all these sins are committed. In some communities, it is a taboo for a young girl of 10 years to 18 years to get pregnant. It is a shame. What can we do as leaders? That is why we should congratulate Sen. Ongoro for coming up with this Motion. We must come up strongly and urge our national Government and county governments to set up institutions and policies which will protect and also rehabilitate the young girls. When they become pregnant at that tender age, what will they do? When I talk about poverty, most of these young mothers are either selling chang’aa or charcoal to earn a living. That is why most of these young girls who come from poor backgrounds are victims of the problems facing the nation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, HIV/AIDS is a national problem. Population increase is also a national problem. When we talk about population increase in our nation, we do not address the problem of teenage mothers. It is time to take this matter seriously because we are facing a time-bomb. When you walk down the streets, you will see very many children sitting beside their mothers and they are not going to school. What is the national Government doing and the county government of hon. Kidero doing? We still have street children. You will find one mother in a corner with ten children and you do not know where they come from. This is a problem caused by men. There are sugar or honey daddies. We must bring them to book as one Senator has said. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day when I was in my county, an old man whispered to me that a leader had impregnated four girls from a certain school. What a shame! We must bring those men to book. The other issue as one of my 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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