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    "id": 697426,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697426/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 444,
        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "In all countries, you need to have good and organised private sectors supporting government policies to ensure there is good employment for those who have attained vocational training and apprenticeship. The other thing is to build capacity among the labour inspectorate staff. Right now, we lack enough labour enforcement persons. Half of them lack in terms of capacity and if the Government is honest, we need to allocate some money for building their capacities so that they are able to enforce the various laws in existence. The other thing is that child labour is a community issue. The people who subject children to child labour are members of a community. So, if the Government is honest, it should sensitise or create awareness in families and societies about child labour issues. Communities should be encouraged to support orphans and foster children. Like I said when I was speaking on the children’s policy, half of the children are already orphans and are heading orphans and vulnerable children’s households. So, the only way they are able to fend for their brothers and sisters is by engaging in work so that they can put some money and food on the table. If at all we are able to ensure that communities become the Africans that we are to at least accept the children and become foster parents, it will help us. Lastly, Hon. Speaker, because I can see that time is running out, there is the issue of trafficking in persons. The important thing is for law enforcement agencies to be trained so that they can know what trafficking in persons is all about so that we can identify it. Most of the time, you will see that trafficking in persons is part of the reasons we have an increase in child labour issues."
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