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    "speaker_name": "Bura, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Wario",
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        "legal_name": "Ali Wario",
        "slug": "ali-wario"
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    "content": "At the outset, I wish to take this opportunity to thank Hon. Catherine Waruguru for raising this very important matter in the House. I wish to assure this House that my Committee is concerned with the issues affecting vulnerable persons that fall under the purview of the youth, women, disabled and the children, particularly recognising the fact the fate of children almost lies in the hands of other decision-makers. It is, therefore, incumbent upon us all to protect children at all times. Having said that, allow me to respond to the specific issues raised by Hon. Waruguru. The first issue is the report on child adoption for the last 10 years. From 2008 to 2017, we had 2,617 local adoptions, 84 foreign residents’ adoptions, 472 inter-country adoptions - which give us a total of 3,173 adoptions. The second issue is on the status of the specific case of Monica Kawira from Nkubu in Meru County. The matter involved two children who had been given out for adoption while their parents and family are available and willing to raise them. The mother had gone to court to stop the adoption process, both local and inter-county, so that she could take her children back and raise them with the other siblings. The judge gave a ruling dismissing each of the applications and allowed the adoption process to proceed. The matter was appealed and is still pending in court. The family of the children were easily found by the Child Welfare Society of Kenya, a demonstration that adequate tracing had not been carried out in the beginning. This, therefore, implies that, professionally and technically, the family should be given their children back. The third issue is the mechanism put in place to ensure safety of children adopted locally and internationally. We proposed the operationalisation of the Counter-trafficking in Persons Act 2010 and a clear oversight and monitoring of adoption service by the National Adoption Committee and enhanced stakeholder collaboration to facilitate networking to ensure an increase in prioritisation of adoption by Kenyan families. The list is long and in the interest of time, I will stop there. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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