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    "id": 940738,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/940738/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "and then there are teenage girls who trying to find their own identity, they define themselves on the grownups around them. This is something that also needs to be put here so that the protection does not just happen after a child is pregnant. There needs to be a Clause there so that these teachers are also taken care of. We have had this conversation before. You find that a teacher – Dr. Milgo is an educationist - impregnates a child and they are left to go scot free. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is like a ping pong game, and eventually, that child is really affected. That also needs to be looked into. More so, the nexus between counseling and teaching is very important because we have teachers who do guidance and counseling, but most of the time they actually do not have the skills. They are actually Christian Union (CU) patrons. Teachers who look very holy are the ones who are told to be counselors. In the Bill, Sen. Kwamboka may want to anchor guidance and counseling properly within the education framework. This is so that it is not left for conjecture, especially around communities, churches, philanthropy and voluntary organizations. It should be properly anchored within their education, so that it then becomes also part of financing. It becomes part of what schools would expend their money on. That will now be the net effect of this Bill with regards to enhancing the education system. The other issue that we also need to look at is how to deal with bullying. This Bill should also provide some penalties. If you do not do that, this will continue. Members of the August House will agree with me that bullying has become a serious problem in this country. Even for us leaders, the way we are bullied in social media is absolutely unacceptable. We are becoming a society where --- Initially, when you were bullied, you would want to block people or throw them off the face of the earth. However, you are eventually encouraged to be tolerant. That tolerance leads to an ‘I do not care’ attitude. Next, people learn how to become immune. They become numb, so nothing matters. It is really important. I am actually surprised that my time is very short---"
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