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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. I would like to support the adoption of this Policy. I like the fact that the Cabinet Secretary is honest that issues of child labour are crosscutting. We need to deal with the low levels of economic development, high incidences of poverty, unemployment, the challenges that are facing our education sector, the inconsistencies in the laws, issues like urban-rural migration and the negative socio-cultural practices. Hon. Speaker, you also appreciate that the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services has not been sufficiently facilitated and as a result we do not have up-to-date statistics on child labour. When you talk about child labour issues, someone will ask: How many of these fellows are engaging in child labour because there are no proper statistics? The other problem is weak enforcement of laws and regulations. We already anticipate child labour to be on the rise and yet these laws and regulations have not been enforced in a manner that helps reduce the vice. I will look at what the policy proposes in the strategies. I will look at 4.1 which is the enforcement of the Employment Act. I want to look at a couple of ingredients. The first one is that children below the minimum age for employment, but are out of school will be required to undergo a compulsory vocational training and apprenticeship. You will appreciate that the reason some children end up in child labour is because half of them come from poverty-ravaged families. Some of them live in squalor and some have no training. If the Government, in line with Article 53, wants to realise the rights of children and ensure that all children have sufficient rights and have compulsory vocational training, and to that extent, money is allocated to the various sectors, I think we are headed in the right direction. The second thing is that this Policy hopes the Government, in collaboration with the private sector, social partners and other labour market institutions, will promote decent work for all who have attained this age. I think the Government, on its own, is not able to help in realising the right to work. 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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