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    "id": 1031318,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance. I thank the Committee for bringing this Sessional Paper No.3 of 2019. In the Tenth Parliament, when we were debating the Female Genital Mutilation Bill – Hon. (Ms.) Millie Odhiambo is my witness and the Leader of the Majority Party was a Waziri then – all the men walked out of this House arguing that they would not legislate on culture. When I gave my own personal experience and shed tears, Hon. (Ms.) Millie came to where I was standing and started crying with me on the Floor of the House. From that time, all the men who were watching us through the television and what have you, came back and voted for the Bill. So, I thank all those people who were there. My brother, Hon. Bifwoli, told us that it was not right for us to legislate on culture but, in the end, he came back and voted in support of the Bill. Even with that law in place, FGM is still being conducted within our villages. Female Genital Mutilation needs a multi-sectorial approach where every sector, be it state or non-state actors, come and join hands together to conduct serious sensitisation and creation of awareness. Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal has said it all. I do not want to repeat the health complications because I have gone through all those health complications that Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal has explained."
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