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    "id": 676776,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join my colleagues in supporting this Petition. Having been a girl guide in my secondary school days, I think this is a very opportune moment to modernize the Girl Guides Association as it were. In view of the fact that the current Act that supports them is one that has been there since the colonial days, many things have changed over time. It is also important that as we look into this, we seriously consider having a fund that goes to the Girl Guides Association and the scouts’ movement. In view of the challenges that we are now seeing facing our secondary schools, supporting movements such as the Kenya Girl Guides Association and the scouts’ movement, we are able to use that platform to instill discipline amongst our young people so that we do not have situations where dormitories are being burnt and there is drug use and abuse. I am aware having been a girl guide that it instilled discipline in me as a student because of the values that were instilled in us. Because of the many seminars we held, we were taught on various things as we grew up as girls. That becomes very important. I am also hoping that the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare can take it upon itself not to just look at the Girl Guides Association Act, but also to look at the Scouts Movement Act so that the two can come concurrently and we can be able to see what fits where. Right now, over the years because of the challenges the girl-child has faced, there have been tendencies to ignore the boy-child. I hope we will use this opportunity to do that. That is because all boys in the Scouts Movement want to take care of the boy-child. I also hope that with this Petition, we will also look at how we can cascade the activities of the Girl Guide Association closer home at the village level. I know that one of the biggest challenges that the Girl Guide Association has had is lack of enough funds to engage in their activities. The issue of having a special fund for the Girl Guide Association and for the Scouts Movement is critical and should be factored in this petition. With those few remarks, I support."
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