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    "id": 696198,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kasuti",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1884,
        "legal_name": "Suleiman Murunga Kasuti",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this very important Motion before the House. There is a saying that goes: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” This is a true fact in this context. Before children start going to school, parents should ensure that children learn basic things in life while still at home, such as respect for their superiors wherever they are in society. I remember when we were growing up, whenever we met anybody on the road who was our parents’ peer, we would stop and say hello. But these days, when you meet children on the road, they instead pass you as if they have not seen anybody. Whereas we want to bring chaplains in the schools to make sure that our children are growing morally upright, we should remember that, as parents, we should ensure that we start training our children at home to make sure that they learn the basic tenets of life. These days, nobody really cares about family values. Most of the parents are very busy going about their businesses and so, they do not have enough time to ensure that their children back at home are doing the correct thing. We find that we leave everything to the teachers in schools. Those teachers have no time because a classroom has about 100 children. One teacher cannot handle a big number of children in a class to ensure that each and every one of them is learning certain important tenets in life. Education is not the only important aspect in life. Discipline is an important ingredient in life for any upright person. We have established several institutions in a way to mould our society. They include the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) which is led by Hon. Francis ole Kaparo and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Those institutions cannot mould the society unless the values we want to promote are inculcated in the citizenry at the early stages of their lives. We should look at the most important aspects of life before introducing chaplains in schools. Chaplains will not help to create discipline because children will go back to their homes when schools close for holidays. If no one is home to ensure that the children are trained properly, we will be wasting time. We are not doing anything as far as ensuring that our children are properly brought up is concerned. We should ensure that discipline starts at home."
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