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    "id": 1031320,
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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": "I want to give one example. I started talking about FGM over 30 years ago. When I went round talking about FGM in the villages, they were calling me “the mad woman.” However, in the end, the religious leaders came to support and talk about it openly. They felt it was right for them to talk about it because FGM was causing death among young girls and women in the society during childbirth. There was one particular incident I want to share with this honourable House. There was a 14 years old girl who was chased out of her home by her parents because they thought she was pregnant. People picked up the lady from the streets and brought her to my house. She came and I picked her and stayed with her for six months. I did not know what to do with her. I took her to hospital. She was not pregnant. Nothing! I did not know and here was her stomach. You could physically see that the lady was pregnant. What happened? There was an angel by the name of a doctor who came all the way from Sweden. So, he took her. We came with him to Nairobi and took the girl through many X-Rays. It was discovered that the blood that was supposed to come out went back to the uterus. When they realized, the whole uterus was already black and thick. They had to remove everything at such a tender age. That is the kind of health complications the FGM has. So, what happened? We had to go back with the girl. Her parents came crying to me but she refused to go to them. The girl stayed with me. She is today a graduate and has a very good position in the Government, but she cannot give birth to any child. The unfortunate part of it is that today, because of Female Genital Mutilation, the girl cannot bear a child. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}