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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to also support the Bill before us, that is the Counter- Trafficking in Persons Bill, 2010. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me also to congratulate Ms. Odhiambo for coming up with this well thought out Bill that I think is timely. I think that, as a House, we need to support the hon. Member who has come up with this wonderful idea. The majority victims – as others have said before – of this trafficking in persons are actually people who cannot defend themselves, and I think it is our duty, as the leadership of this country, to protect the interests of those who are not in a position to protect themselves. The definition of the words “trafficking in persons” I think is elaborate and I want to congratulate the hon. Member for coming up with a detailed definition of what amounts to trafficking in persons. I also want to congratulate her for coming up with bodies that will really help in advising and managing the consequences of this unfortunate event, should it happen. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as others have said, I think we need to encourage the hon. Member that even thought she has come up with various penalties, I think we are in agreement that certain offences of this nature need more severe penalties than what is prescribed in the Bill, especially those ones that touch on cases where individuals take sexual advantage of children. I believe that if we cannot eliminate these people from the society, then if they are men, they need to be castrated; we cannot continue to have people amidst us who are likely to perpetuate certain acts that can even endanger the lives of someone who has no choice. There are so many cases in this country that if you read about them in the print media or hear about them, you wonder what kind of society we are degenerating into. So, to deter these particular individuals from carrying out these inhuman activities, then you need to carry out stiffer penalties. That is why I recommend that if, for example, one takes sexual advantage of a child, and such a person cannot be removed from the society, we need to take away the particular power that he misuses, and that is through castration, as I said. I think my other colleagues have ventilated on this Bill enough, and it would only be fair if I stopped at this point. I conclude by, again, thanking Ms. Odhiambo for bringing this particular Bill before the House, so that we can pass it. My only hope is that the operationalization of this Bill will be fast tracked so that we can start addressing these unfortunate incidents in our society. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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