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    "id": 696189,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a name that does not belong to me. I will also like to thank the Member who has brought this Motion. In fact, we know that our children are the most precious asset we have for the future of the country. We cannot play with their lives because it means the country will be dead. We should not just talk about religious leaders or whoever else. We must start from home because, at the end of the day a child is, first and foremost, moulded by the parent before we hand them over to teachers. But most families have problems. They are not even able to take care of those children mostly because of social and economic problems. It is important we try to raise or uplift their lives. We all know what is happening in our schools. They are burning dormitories. They are doing all those things. I believe it also starts with the leadership. In fact, I read in the newspapers that some Members of County Assembly (MCAs) were arrested yesterday with children aged 16 and 17 years. If leaders are the ones doing this, how can we tell the children that they are immoral? They actually see us as their role models. I believe the country must look at itself and reverse or change its moral compass. We must know which direction we are heading. You know children are easily impressionable. They look at the advertisements in the media and many things and think that is how it should be. As a Government and leaders in Kenya, we must first of all say how we make sure our children get the best education and become morally upright. We should create those positions and put them in law so that those moral guardians are remunerated. You cannot tell a pastor to come and do what you want them to do for your children and they are getting nothing out of it. I believe it should be one of the jobs just like the bursar or anybody else like that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have talked about the moral compass because that is what we are into. We should look at how to handle alcoholism. In some places, we find that there are no children in nursery schools because parents are drunk and sleep under beds. So, the issue is how to stop it. If a child sees her father sleeping on a floor unable to provide, how will she think of improving her own life or that of the family when the role model of the family is 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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