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    "id": 953133,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyatike, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tom Odege",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Mboya Odege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to add my voice on issues related to adoption. Also, I want to congratulate my sister for coming up with this good amendment. When you look at the whole issue of adoption in our country, it is a matter of concern. All Kenyans need to follow it very keenly because, ranging from our children homes to the level of adoption which we see in our country today, it has emerged to be a very serious business in our country. We need to put our feet down and ensure that there is a lot of sanity in this. When you talk of someone who has volunteered to adopt a child, we will need to treat these people as parents of the adopted child. They should be given a very fair deal so that both the man and mother in the house are given opportunity to take care of this child and be together with the child so that the child can also adapt to the environment very fast. There are a number of areas I wanted to bring caution over, before we rush into quick adoptions. When you look at what the Nakuru Town East MP has talked about which is the rise in the number of street children, you will find that many parents who are alive and can easily take care of their children, when failing to meet their obligation as parents, they throw their children to the streets so that they can get safe havens in these orphanages. What has emerged in this country today; not all orphanages in this country are safe. Some of them have been used for child trafficking. Some of them are also causing a lot of harm to our children in this country. We will secure and safeguard more kids if we can encourage safe adoptions as early as possible. That is opposed to keeping them in most homes where they end up being sold and abused. Some of them are also coming out not as good citizens of this country. I support adoption and allowing parents to adjust and ensure that the new kids in the block are given opportunity to adjust to environment and be part of the family and the family is given the respect it deserves. I beg to support."
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