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    "id": 905109,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "There is a major difference between street children and grown-ups who go about begging on the streets. Street children are normally looking for nothing but food. There are university professors who did an analysis on who the street children in the Town of Eldoret are. They discovered that the street children were those who had dropped out of school due to lack of school fees that their parents could not afford. The street children discovered that in Eldoret, when the farmers harvest and take their goods to the market, what is left is poured out. The street children discovered that there is excess food in the Town of Eldoret and that is what attracted them there. A child is attracted because of food, but, thereafter, where will that child go to? They will graduate from being street children to mugging others. It is very important that we seriously look at this Motion that has come before us and how we treat our street children. In Uasin Gishu County, we have SOS schools and rescue centers, but do we have enough teachers and social workers to deal with the issue of street children? Madam Temporary Speaker, the other day, I was in a rescue centre that brings street children together, not only for food, but also for skills development. I was amazed by the kind of things they do. I would like to congratulate the Eldoret Rescue Centre for that. They have skilled them and they now are able to make wheelbarrows for themselves. They are wonderful welders. They even weld frames for school windows. You find that, these are people who, when given an opportunity, can transform themselves as well as the whole community. As the country is undergoing industrialization, we are talking of vocational training centres, this is the target population that we must attract to these institutions. I congratulate our colleague, Sen. Kwamboka, for thinking about how we can deal with them. I would like to join Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, by emphasizing that we need a law that will have clauses that are punishable if we do not take care of our street children. Their right to education, food security and water is in law. We need another law to actualize the rights of these children because the only thing remaining is where they live. If it is where they live, it is possible to actually have a fundraising, from CDF kitty or the county Governments can build boarding facilities for such children. According to the Constitution, everything else is their right and they only lack shelter. If we can give them shelter within the schools that are currently in existence, we will change the face of this country. It is not fair that after 60 years of Independence, we still have issues of children living in the streets. Some The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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