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    "id": 698082,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Children observe a lot from their environment and how they see adults behaving. They copy a lot from that. Even as we put in place positions of chaplains, we also encourage adults in these institutions to set good examples and be role models to these children. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also hope that if this Motion is passed and implemented, there will be a clear framework, standard or curriculum for chaplains so that this is not left at the discretion of every chaplain depending on their background and level of competence. There should be a very clear curriculum so that a chaplain also undergoes proper capacity-building. Even as this is put in place, we must keep insisting that the rights and freedoms of our children are be protected, be it freedom of belief, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and freedom of dressing. This is because there are religions that have rules about the kind of dressing that is needed. So, those freedoms must be protected. We also need to relook at our curriculum in schools. Many times, I feel, we have perhaps overburdened our children and we are not allowing them to be children. You will find very small children carrying huge bags on their backs going to school. Apparently, these bags contain books. It appears like we are overburdening our children with too much learning so that they are not able to grow up as children. Personally, as somebody who went through the A-level system of education, I still have nostalgia. When I see these students doing all these subjects in Form Four, I think they need a break of two years to concentrate on a certain field before they go to university. Maybe our education experts should look at this and do a cost-benefit analysis. Issues of radicalisation of our ---"
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