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    "id": 1031266,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1031266/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": "It is important and, in fact, I want to tell this House that in our community, we have gone to the next level of moving it from its natural condition to making it longer. This is an attraction. It is a source of pleasure. To tell the truth, we have seen men from those communities that pretend to practise Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) go for mpango wa kandos who are uncut. Therefore, I want to tell our men and the communities that practise FGM: You are denying our women crucial and fundamental pleasure that they should enjoy. So, if we will not amend this… God created it with a purpose. I am not saying that circumcision for men is bad. It is biblical. However, for the womenfolk, we must protect and safeguard them. If they get to a time, maybe, for medical reasons or they simply want to change... The Bible says if a hand or a finger makes you sin, then you should cut it off. So, if a person reaches that point, then let them make a decision on their own volition to go for FGM. We should not, as citizens of this country, force them to do it. Therefore, Hon. Speaker, I support this Sessional Paper. Indeed, FGM must be criminalized. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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