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    "content": "or the challenges they see these children face or by will. Case studies show that we have children who are in the children’s home and do not have parents. Sometimes the owners of these children agencies appeal to people who are ready to take up responsibility of taking care of these children. Sometimes it is through defilement. You find that children have been defiled and do not have parents to take care of them and have been living with guardians. Therefore, when we get a well-wisher who is ready to live with these children, they face a lot of problems. Some people have given birth to children and maybe because their parents who are supposed to provide paternity care are not willing or ready to take up the responsibility; women decide to throw children on the streets. Therefore, people volunteer. However, because of the tedious process of adoption, many children have been left to suffer. If the Government can make this process easier, I believe that it would be a lesser burden to the people who are ready to take care of the children. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this amendment is important because paternity and maternity leave will grant these parents an opportunity to bond with the children. As Sen. Wangari pointed out, this leave is not just for one to breastfeed the child. It is meant to create time to bond with the child. While bonding with the child, you are working on its development. As a parent, that is the time you will realize the challenges that some children face. When you leave your child with a third party, you will not realize the problems that your child has during development. This is because we have seen children develop with speech problems or with deformed legs that can only be detected by parents. Detection of problem such as these can only be possible if the parents are given opportunity to spend time with their children and monitor their growth. This could also be beneficial to young children because they will not suffer adolescence crisis because they have had ample time to interact with their parents. I beg to second this amendment Bill by saying that parents should be granted leave. It is also important for men in our society to know that they have to make use of their leave. If they have not benefitted from them before, they should be granted leave days in arrears."
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