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    "id": 850785,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "given up on our roles as parents, teachers and leaders. It is the foreigners who are pinpointing to us what is ailing us, as a society. What is it that we can do to mitigate against this problem in our society? We know the risks involved. We all know being a teenager itself is not easy. Carrying a pregnancy to its maturity and preparing to become a young mother is not a joke. We may never be able to pay for what we are subjecting our children to by not teaching them about these things. We need to put more money into mentoring programmes. I thank Sen. Khaniri for bringing this issue before this House so that we can talk about it and not just read about it in the newspapers. Narok County has been given here as one with the highest rate. I am trying to understand all these issues because the Maasai population is low. What is causing all these issues? Is it the food people are eating nowadays? Is it the churches where people go to at night that create condusive environment for these things to happen? Are we dealing with some people who are completely sick that they think that the only way they can increase their population is by attacking their children? The distinguished Senator of Isiolo County talked about parents lusting at their children in school uniforms. Sadly enough, there are some people who are sick to do so. It is annoying that some of these children are even impregnated by their parents. It is a fact that we cannot run away from. These statistics show Narok has 40 per cent, Homa Bay has 33 per cent, West Pokot with 29 per cent, Tana River has 28 per cent, Nyamira also has 28 per cent and Samburu has 26 per cent. What is common among all these counties? The prevalence of poverty is high. The gap between the rich and the poor is so wide. When we were rescuing young girls from forced marriages, we were told by one elder that the son-in-law to be was to give him over 40 cows as dowry. To me, these animals would change his life. He believed he would live a little longer life and provide for his family. He asked us what we wanted him to do, but we were adamant that he could not do so because he was destroying the future of that particular child. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we ought to legally address this problem, so that it does not happen. We need to come up with tough laws that will deter anyone from even imagining of sleeping with a minor. For example, we can jail them without an option of a fine. Secondly---"
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