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    "id": 744901,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/744901/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2611,
        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak to this Bill. It is timely because it is going to address some of the challenges the modern parents are faced with. At the outset, I want to indicate that I am supporting the Bill for many reasons. One, as parents, we are the most influential books our children will ever read on the subject of character formation, societal values and what makes a family a special place to be. The Bill has come in good time considering the kind of challenges we have nowadays as young parents. We have wives who, unlike our mothers, go to work to earn a living. Some of them work for longer hours than men. Therefore, it calls on us, as a society, to ensure that an enabling environment is created for the parents to do what they must to do and still inculcate values in their growing children. We all appreciate that there is power in bonding. It is important for a mother to bond with her child during its formative years, say, 0 years to 2 years. The importance is not only for the mother, but for the country at large. We all have a duty to ensure that our country upholds values. Our children need to respect societal values. They must know the position of a family in society and, more so, the role of a father and a mother in society. That is a very important aspect to consider when building a holistic country. If we do not do that, we are going to have people who have gone to school, but do not have an idea of what it takes to build a nation. This Bill, in many ways, attempts to address that issue because it provides for mothers to bond with their children. If we pass it, we would have done a lot of justice to this country."
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