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    "id": 862217,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862217/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The recognition of parents and family of the child as the primary caregivers is important. It is so sad in this country when you walk around, you will find children that have been abandoned, and are doing child enslavement. Yours truly will be part of the process on enactment with my Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, on the issue of servitude or modern slavery. You find the biggest victims of modern slavery are young children. It means that the primary caregivers; that is, the parents and guardians, have abandoned their responsibility. The school holidays are on now, and as you walk across anywhere and you find people who are in traffic jams or where you park your vehicle, asking for Kshs10 and Kshs20 are young children. Which means that we are denying those children the opportunity to grow up in the right environment. The recognition of the parents is very critical. That is why there was the thorny issue of early teenage pregnancies. It is because there is an abdication of the role by the primary caregivers. I agree that parents and guardians should play a critical role. I know there are amendments being proposed by the National Assembly on adoption of children. I hope some of those proposed amendments will address the issue of modern slavery and servitude, so that our children are not exposed, but given primary care."
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