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    "id": 922413,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "are the smartest kids. I wonder what is happening in this area. This study found that, while bullying is prevalent around the world, the Kenyan trend and rate was much higher than the world trend and rate. Are we becoming a society that is becoming very violent even amongst the kids? It is very worrying and we need to look at what is causing this anti-social behavior in our children. The individual performance of these kids, who are already in national schools, who came with such high marks is being affected and they move from being A-students to really something that is very worrying in terms of their performance and self-esteem. There is the vicious cycle, where the child who was once bullied, by the time he is in Form Three, he becomes the bully. We need to look at how this country can curb the vicious cycle of the people that have been bullied in the lower classes becoming the bullies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the most worrying thing about this trend is that people are taking away belongings of the children. It is not just bullying, it is actually theft. We cannot have our children becoming thieves at such an early age. When they start working in the offices, then we start saying there is corruption and people are stealing public funds. This trend starts when children are so young in high school where under the guise of bullying, the bullies actually take away belongings of other children. That is also a form of theft and corruption. Are we then presiding over a generation of children who will become leaders or workers that will be stealing? We need to really take this very seriously. I hope the Committee on Education looks into this and does something so that we break the vicious cycle of the bullied becoming bullies and corruption starting very early because they are blackmailing and talking ill about others. I cannot remember the percentages but I know it is a disturbing report which should be shared with the Committee, so that they further look into these issues."
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