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    "id": 954467,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "committing suicide. If it is just about ridicule and being mocked, I do not think we can pass a judgment that can lead to suicide. There must be something that is triggering children in this country to start thinking of committing suicide and even getting involved in other criminal acts. We saw the video that was going round just the other day; the video that went viral about a teenager. We need to address this matter of increased cases of teenagers committing suicide. I listened to Hon. Millie Odhiambo. She was talking so passionately. I urge Millie and tell her that we also feel the same. By the way, the teacher who is being alleged to have pushed this child to commit suicide is not even a male teacher. She is a female teacher who should understand much better. So, this is not a question of people being insensitive. It is a question of finding out why that particular child committed suicide. If it is because of some negligence, some lack of attention, it should be addressed. If it is a bigger and wider societal problem as I suspect, we need to deal with it. It is wrong if we just start condemning some people unheard, who probably forced the child to commit suicide without asking why this child could not handle this situation and thought that the best way to handle it is to commit suicide. Children really fear death. I do not think there is any time I ever feared death like when I was a child. I can remember when my mother was bitten by a snake. It made me fear snakes to date. I was a child and I was told that could have led to the death of my mother. So, children fear death. If a child commits suicide, we must ask ourselves what leads more children to commit suicide. Otherwise, the way we are approaching this debate is from a narrow perspective. Finally, the Committee should go there and get more findings. They should not just rely on the findings of the TSC. The TSC has done its bit. The Ministry of Education will do their bit. The other investigative organs will do their bit. I heard that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has taken over this matter. I do not know to what extent. Let them bring a comprehensive report and then we merge all the reports before this House to help us debate from a point of information. Thank you."
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