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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, when we look at this Bill, we know that the time has come now to put in place proper legislation that will prevent trafficking of persons, whether they are children, young men or women. It is just the other day that we heard in this House about the “Jobs Abroad Programme”. We were told that there are young men who have left this country believing they are going abroad to get employment. Where we have found them, the areas they have been taken were not their dream destinations. They thought they would go and get employment, come back and help their families. We were told by the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs that many of those young people have been taken either to Iraq or Afghanistan. Those are countries that are at war. Those young people have been taken out there and they have been exposed. Indeed, when they were taken, many did not know what was happening. We have heard of young Somali youth who are being recruited and taken out to Somalia when they thought they were joining the Kenya Army here. So, we are talking of not just trafficking in the traditional sense. We are talking of young people who have been misled about their destinations, what they were going to get out there and in return, they have been subjected to exploitation. When you look at the proposed Bill, under Section 2, they have given examples of the exploitation that covers not just slavery, involuntary servitude but 2(d) talks about forcible or fraudulent use of any human being for removal of organs or body organs. This is going on! We have forcible or fraudulent use of human beings, being taken to take part in armed conflict outside this country. That too is happening and these are forms of exploitation that form part of child labour, sexual exploitation and child marriages. Those children are trafficked out of the country and forced into early marriages. When we pass this Bill, we would have put in place a law that will take care of all the ills that have come to our country. It will protect the affected, particularly the little children and young people who, due to unemployment, have sought greener pastures elsewhere only to find out that it was not green but a nightmare. So, we need to congratulate the hon. Member for bringing this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to second the Bill with all my heart."
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