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    "id": 1022172,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1022172/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "The issue of the sexual violence notwithstanding, generally, the language used on our mentally challenged individuals is a point of concern. In the Statement, the Committee should: (a)Provide justification if any for the continued use to the terms idiots. In our Penal Code, mentally challenged individuals are referred to as idiots and imbeciles. In section 146 of the Penal Code refer to mentally challenged victims--- I am using the sexual bit because I came to this while following up on sexual abuse of mentally girls. I then realized as I was reading the Penal Code that they are referred to as imbeciles and idiots. (b)Explain why the Statute has not been amended in line with article 27(4) of the Constitution of Kenya which prohibits direct or indirect discrimination against any person on any ground especially when using those words. (c)State the steps, if any, that have been taken to amend section 146 of the Penal Code to replace the offensive terminology. I am sponsoring amendments to ensure that those kinds of derogatory, unacceptable terms to call people idiots and imbeciles are not there. I thought I should bring it to this House and make sure the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights looks at these and also gives it the highlight it requires."
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