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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate you for being appointed to the Speaker’s Panel. Indeed, you deserve that seat because you have what it takes. I want to support this Motion and congratulate Hon. Odanga for coming up with such a wonderful Motion. Our learning institutions are institutions of transformation in the sense that they have inputs. These inputs have to be transformed into outputs that are going to be relevant in the society. Indeed, of late, we have had many cases of unrest in schools where students are burning schools. This has something to do with bringing up of children. In our African societies, parenting was very critical. Of late, you are seeing most our children going to boarding schools where parents are not doing their work in terms of parenting. Instead, majority of that responsibility is now being left with the school teachers and the rest. Every society has its own moral values. We have the dos and don’ts and the chaplains play a very critical role. We know the church brings order in a society. You ask students about the Ten Commandments and they do not even know them leave alone the specific ones. It is very shameful. We know very well, as Christians, that the Ten Commandments give us a framework of how to behave in a given society. We are told the dos and don’ts. So, if these chaplains are there, they will play a very critical role not just in the issues of the church, but also when it comes to issues of guiding and counselling. I happen to have gone to some schools and asked: “Why are we having these unrests?” The students said that their grievances are not addressed by the teachers or the teachers are not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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