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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Sessional Paper. I would like to point out that when children are engaged in illegal labour because of poverty, they grow up with a missing link in their life. This Report says that there is no comprehensive or up- to-date child labour statistics which is a key component to sustainable child labour interventions. We cannot address these issues without statistics. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology must take up this matter very seriously so that it can heavily invest in investigation of intervention measures to curb child labour. We will fail our society and the future of this country if we do not carry out comprehensive research. One time, I listened to the late Michael Jackson say that when he was growing up, he never enjoyed his childhood. He never celebrated his birthday because he was always engaged in practising for presentations. He started entertaining the world at the age of 10. Most of our children are either house helps or they work in farms. They are also denied opportunity to go to 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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