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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "It is ironical when all these are aware that the child is pregnant and the parent is not aware. It is the irony of ironies. I am asking Sen. Kwamboka to delete these three sub-clauses. There is no way we can mould a child if the parent is not in the know and everything is a secret. Clause 12(2), says that parents should not be informed. That child does not belong to the school or health centre. At the end of the day, this child has somewhere to go to. The child will have to go back to the parents. For a child to make it in life, the tripartite relationship of the child, teachers and parents is very important. We cannot divorce parents from this issue. When we are talking about parental obligations in the Constitution, there is no way the county government will take parental obligations for that child. That child belongs to a family and the parents have to be brought on board. They have to be involved from day one so that the three institutions; county government, institution and the parents of the child will see how they can help the child. Unless we are talking about street children, who have no family and they cannot be traced where they come from. For a child whose origin can be traced, it is important that this child is brought to the right book. By the time this girl becomes pregnant, sometimes it could be a mistake; that maybe someone cheated the girl by luring her to test the waters. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is need to rethink to ensure that the girl child is guided. When children are guided and they get the right path, we are able to get the best out of them. We have to look for mechanisms of ensuring that we are not leaving out our children. I also want to talk about care centres. It is important for care centres to be there for purposes of ensuring that the unborn child is taken care of. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we talk about health centres, we must ensure that we do not take away the pregnant girl from her family and significant other. Care centres should be carefully constituted so that we do not have some people taking advantage to do business with our girls. Some people might be waiting for our girls to be pregnant so that they take them to those centres so that they make money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, recently I was in South Africa. When a school girl gets pregnant there, she is given 300 Rands every month. So, many girls are now trying their best to get pregnant so that they get the 300 Rands every month. After getting the 300 Rands, they do not know what to do. This is because they cannot maintain themselves and their families. It is a problem. We have to think carefully before we come up with the centres to ensure that they do not become a burden to this society. We must 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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