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    "id": 700282,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/700282/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ndiritu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1539,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Mathenge Ndiritu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to add my voice on this important Bill. The foundation of a nation is the family. The family is built right from childhood to adulthood. The greatest foundation is the one that we put in our children. Today’s life, unlike the way we lived during our times, has put a lot of responsibilities on parents. We have working parents. As much as we may want to be with our children, sometimes we find that we cannot because we are committed elsewhere. We have so many commitments that we completely transfer our parenting responsibilities to house helps and teachers. Children lose contact with their parents. They do not get the parental love that they should get at the early stages of their lives. We have observed that children in ECDE centres are put on a lot of pressure. It seems like it is big pride for a parent to say that my nursery school kid can do Standard Two work. On the other hand, what they do not know is that they have exposed that child to a lot of pressure and learning what they should not be learning at that age. Children at ECDE centres should be playing with figures. When we went to nursery school, we used to sleep in the afternoons. 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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