Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo has weighed on the recent incident of a schoolboy that posted unacceptable statements on his Instagram page.
Speaking during the Jeff Koinange show on Citizen TV on Wednesday, Millie Odhiambo raised concern over the upbringing of children in the modern age of technology.
She wondered why a young child would be allowed to own a phone and a social media page. The vocal MP stated that she lives with her 13-year old niece but has never bought a phone for her.
The Consolata Primary School class seven student posted a video on his Instagram page where he threatened to shoot a girl whom he accused of bullying by calling him gay.
Odhiambo expressed fear that the boy could be living under a condition that required the intervention of the children’s department.
“We are failing them. We are spoiling our children. And a lot of people say it because the law removed corporal punishment…” she said.
The no-nonsense second-time legislature was upset that a parent would allow their children to go to the level of using obscene language in public. She maintained that she raises children with a lot of love and strictness.