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    "id": 940695,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Developed countries have a register of people who have been accused of being paedophiles or people who have a history of abusing and misusing children and we should also have such a register. How sure are we that the person who wants to manage a childcare centre has not abused or misused children in the past? Those are some of the issues that we need to factor before giving out the licences. We should even involve the National Intelligence Service (NIS). We should have a report about those people because those children are the future of this country. Yesterday, the Governor for Nairobi City County said that he had been asked if he had been convicted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers. This process should not just be about filling a form and taking it to the EACC. We should have a stringent measure on how we licence, regulate and manage the childcare centres. If we do not do that, we will be exposing those children to abuse and misuse. I hope that Sen. Kwamboka will do a comparative analysis on how childcare centres are protected in Western countries. I have looked at the enforcement and the punishment that is to be given to the offenders. I want to underscore the importance of hiring counselling experts. In high school, we had a female teacher who was raped when she was young and she would actually stand next to the door when teaching because she was teaching in a boys’ school. You can imagine the trauma, heartache and mark that these people leave in the lives of our women. Therefore, these matters should not be taken lightly. Nowadays, we have focused on empowering the girl child and have forgotten the boy child. That is why we have many boda boda boys in the village who have not gone past basic education. The boys must also be involved in the discussion on reproductive issues because it takes two to tango. Therefore, we must have this conversation as a country. We cannot empower the girls and leave the boys. We must have a united conversation for us to move forward. 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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