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(i) Children’s rights.
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
(ii) Parental responsibilities.
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
(iii) Alternative care for children, including guardianship, foster care, placement and adoption, to make provision for care and protection of children and children in conflict with the law.
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(3) Make provision for and regulate the administration of children’s
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Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a fundamental Bill that seeks to protect constitutionally given rights of our children. It will go a long way to safeguard the future of our nation. Destruction of the lives of our children is destruction of the well-being of a nation. This Bill has provided a mechanism for safeguarding the future of our children. It is coming at an important time of the history of Kenya and at a time when social ills are on the rise. We have examples which include parental negligence of children, violation of children’s constitutional rights in institutions and the ...
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill is straightforward and I would like to ask Hon. Members to support it. It is crucial for all aspects, regions, and political parties notwithstanding. It is important for our children because they are all ours. We will have a law that will help to protect the children. That is why I encourage us to give it 100 per cent support.
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15 Jun 2022 in Senate:
This Bill is organized in a manner that I can quickly summarize. Part II of the Bill provides safeguards for the rights and best interests of the child, which cover among others, right to life, parental care, education and all round development of a child irrespective of whether he or she has disability.
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