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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Perhaps, you will refer this matter later on to the Committee on Education to give us more details on how far reaching this problem is in our schools and give suggestions, because we are staring at the possibility of an entire generation getting lost in the kind of issues we are facing today. If our young girls grow up realising that two or three of their colleagues can get away with this, then very soon it will be a norm rather than the exception when these things begin to happen. It also calls on us, as parents, to try and see ways in which we can protect all our children from exposure to material and the kind of things that lead them to this kind of life. Many parents who are here are owners and have subscribed to things like the DSTV channel for entertainment. The truth of the matter is that if you ask around this House, this afternoon, how many of the Members know how to engage the parental control avenues of DSTV, you will be surprised to learn that very few of them do. They leave their houses in the morning at a time like now, their children are at home with all those channels not knowing what they are watching. In the evening when you go back home, you think you are returning to very innocent children yet the things they have been watching the whole day have polarized and polluted their minds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to call on us, as a House, to treat this matter with a lot of seriousness and wish that the Cabinet Secretary for Education, who is a lady, will be at the forefront to ensure that all the perpetrators of this vice are brought to book. I will want to see her in court, and this is very important, so that she sends out a signal that the Government will go after these people, for instance, in the case of the officer who will be facing trial in Kilgoris. This is an issue that is threatening her docket so seriously and our wish is that she gives it better attention. I know that there are many of my colleagues who want to contribute, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to conclude by saying that this issue does not end with young girls but also women who are of age who at times feel harassed by men in different places including places of work. A few weeks ago, here in Parliament, I had a meeting as a Chairperson of the Staff Welfare in Parliament with the Catering Department staff and they raised similar complaints of sexual harassment by Members of Parliament. I want to request that we should respect the girl child of whatever age, either young girls or even grownups. Let us respect the beauty and the sanctity of a woman’s body. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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