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    "id": 971157,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/971157/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacquiline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": "I would like to thank the Senate and congratulate the Committee. But I must express my strong concern. I am from Siaya County, specifically from Alego Usonga Constituency. One of the things I have noticed is that in the village now we have mothers, some of whom do not even speak a word of English, attempting to speak Kiswahili or English with their children in the rural areas. Part of the reason they do this is that they are of the view that if their children were to speak English or Kiswahili, then there is a sense in which they think that they give their children some promotion or sense of privilege or some sense of superiority... I feel that there is a way in which doing that in effect separates those younger grandchildren, and great grandchildren from the elders and thereby blocking them from benefiting from the wisdom, and from appreciating the very values that we need to observe. I thank and congratulate the Senate for this Bill. I, however, feel that this Bill needs to be honed a lot more on the policy framework and that it is important to show respect and dignity to older persons. Thank you."
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