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    "id": 697460,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697460/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the approval of the Policy Paper on child labour. Kenya is known worldwide for writing the best policies by any standards. The problem that bothers me is we may have policies but if we do not put structures in place for implementation, the many policies we put in place or pass will not add a lot of value. So, before I contribute, I would like to tell everybody in authority that the most important thing is implementation. We should be implementing all the issues that we deliberate in this House. Let us take an example of the problem of poverty that we have in Kenya. In my view, we should, first of all, address the issue of poverty because it is poverty that brings about child labour. Nowadays, there are very many households that are headed by women. Women are overworked and they extend part of the work that they should be doing to children. They do it without knowing. We cannot draw a line between the type of work we used to do as learning or as being prepared as young girls or boys. We participated in community work and the actual child labour but things have changed. In my view, it is very important that we address the issue of poverty and leadership of households by women. They are overworked. All of us know that most men have left the responsibility of taking care of their homes to their wives. In most cases, you will find that we are dealing with widows and orphans. Most households do not have the man head. It is only the woman. As I have already stated, the woman extends her responsibility to her children without knowing. If we do not address the issues of poverty and corruption, this will continue. In my view, the Government has put in place enough funds. You talk about the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, the National Youth Service Programme, the Women Enterprise Fund and the Uwezo Fund. The funds are there but it is the management which is faulty. The funds are also there but they do not reach the people that they should reach. There should be a lot of education about the use funds and the people that are targeted, like the youth. The youth do not even want to sit together to form groups so that they benefit. We should put a lot of emphasis 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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