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    "id": 491005,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13117,
        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
        "slug": "janet-ongera"
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    "content": ", WhatsApp, et cetera are ills on the social media. They are taking our children to the wrong direction. In fact, they are draining them. If you go through Facebook you will find that out of say, ten stories that are being circulated on Facebook, one is on explicit sex. You are being shown pictures of naked girls and even explicit pictures of how to perform. Social media is ruining our children in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the Government cannot regulate content in the social media. In other countries, for example, the Arab speaking countries, the content in the social media is always regulated. This is also happening in China. I do not see anything wrong for us in the African context, that we cannot regulate social media in this country. When it comes to the electronic media, especially the television, there are Mexican soap operas like “ No One But You ”, the Rich Also Cry ” and “ the LaTempestad ”. These are not programmes that you can sit with your children and watch. I am wondering why the people who are responsible in Government allow such content. I do recall that in the 1970s, the kind of content that we used to see on national television was content that you could sit and watch with your children. This is how our teenagers are being encouraged to try and behave like those girls they are watching in the soap operas; maybe they will get boyfriends. This is something that needs to be seriously addressed in our country. 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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