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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to second The Care and Protection of Child Parents Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2019). I must say that when Sen. Kwamboka requested me to second this Bill, I had very anxious moments about it. This is because I have to recognise that this vice of children who are parents exists. By coincidence, last Monday, on a private matter, I was in Makindu Law Courts and a lady who had a child on her back approached me. Standing next to her was a girl, possibly in primary school in school uniform. This lady proceeded to introduce her daughter in primary and her child who was on her back. They wanted legal representation. This young girl in primary school had been defiled by a person who was coming for his ruling or judgement in the Makindu Law Courts. The reality of this vice has dawned on us. As we speak, Makueni has 3,500 teenage pregnancies. During the course of this year, I was invited to Kilifi. They have doubled our number. The vice is so bad that the 100 per cent transition is affecting these parents. This is because these children in primary school must transit to secondary school whether or not they have delivered, or some are delivering in the process of being in secondary school. What do they do with these children? Those who are bold deliver. When they deliver, they leave their children with their mothers or grandmothers. Those who cannot cope dispose these children. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, three weeks ago, we had a case of a father in Makueni who had defiled his daughters. It is sad that one of them gave birth and threw the child in a pit latrine. That is how it became an issue. Why are they doing this? They are doing this because of the stigma associated with it and lack of framework. While the Sexual Offences Act, sponsored by Supreme Court Judge Njoki Ndung’u, was attempting 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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