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    "id": 953148,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/953148/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13457,
        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "Our parents, while growing up, gave us what can pass for corporal punishment, but we never died. Our children must be given some level of discipline because if we do not do so now, no one will do it for us. I also understand the degree of influence that television stations and cell phones have on children. I know of many responsible parents who will never allow their children to have cell phones. The current generation, out of assumption of civility, has chosen to give cell phones to very young children to keep in school and at home. Parents do not have the capacity to determine the amount of information that their children can access using cell phones. Many children resort to watching pornographic materials on their phones. This is something that must be avoided and fought. We must employ all available tactics to make our children responsible. Giving mobile phones to children is not depictive of a degree of civilisation. We grew up in an era where cell phones were unheard of. In fact, we never even fathomed that at one point in time, they would be there. Now that they have come, we have to use them responsibly. I have seen many things trending on how in a family set up, everybody is busy with a cell phone. So, at what point are we going to interact as a family? These are fundamental questions that we have to raise and address. The influence that electronic gadgets have on our children, and the amount of time that children spend watching television, knowing that many children love cartoons, is enormous. We, as parents, must control this situation. We are not going to create so much latitude that children would do as and when they wish. They must be controlled."
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