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    "id": 905137,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Article 43(1) of the Constitution is about economic and social rights. It provides that everyone has a right to education, adequate housing and social security among others. We speak about these things over and over because of the level of frustration when it comes to implementation. We should see some progress. There are countries that have made progress by eradicating street families because the numbers keep reducing. We can make steps by rehabilitating street families. Madam Temporary Speaker, three days ago, they featured a story a young man who started as a street child and now he is a pilot. They said he is the first street child to be a pilot. He talked about his life in the streets but he was lucky to get funding to pursue his dream and now he is a pilot. Therefore, street children can also be important people. There was a time there were few street children. We need to ask ourselves what happened. Is it lack of policy framework or is it that the people in the relevant Ministry at that time did well? If there was a policy in place, it is expected to be followed. I do not expect it to change. I congratulate Sen. Kwamboka for bringing this Motion because this is a Bill in the making. We should address the issue of street children and ensure that county governments provide for budgets. We should ensure that we have County Executive Committee (CEC) members who will be accountable and could be called to explain how money is used. That should provoke competition so that we see which counties do better when it comes to issues of street families because this is not a difficult issue to solve. There are countries in the developed world, including the United Kingdom (UK) – I am not sure about America – where you will find street families. However, these families have a kitty. They have a provision in terms of social, security or some particular fund that is given to them. There is a center in Canada, for example, where the homeless go to. At the end of the day, they have a place to house them, eat food, wash, dress and cloth. During the day, they are encouraged to go and work. The nexus of a society is in ensuring that every single individual is able to contribute in terms of development. So, we are also losing by having these street children and families not being productive. Madam Temporary Speaker, what about the churches and other social institutions? What sort of gains have they made in addressing this problem? As we speak about the education sector and thinking about consolidating and bringing in different ideas, like the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC), who are the stakeholders involved? What about the sector where we are talking about social development and areas of equitability? We need to bring these stakeholders together and get to understand what the problems and issues are. Is it an issue of funding? I hear that some people say that some of the families want to be in the street, even when they do not have to be there. Is that the truth or not? Where is the housing? We know of projects, for example, that I have been put up for families that are on the low income end. However, who end ups occupying those houses? As recent as yesterday, I was reading either in The Daily Nation or TheStandard, of the same epitome where these houses are meant to be for a specific category but others move in. So, we have a situation that I suppose is really macro in terms of the presentation of the problems. Therefore, it needs a macro approach to begin to address it. 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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