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    "id": 1031336,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2019 on National Policy for the Eradication of FGM. I want to commend the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for the good Report. This Policy Paper was brought here in 2019, but it has taken the courage of the leadership in that Committee to be brave enough to bring it here because we know that there are people who do not want to talk about these issues. That is where the problem lies in this country. We have a beautiful paper, laws and know what we are supposed to do but, because leaders are shy to address them, we give the public the impression that it is okay. You will note that when you look at areas where there is prevalence of FGM and other undesirable practices, it is the silence of the leadership in those areas that seems to indirectly encourage the prevalence. I am happy that Members have talked about it openly, which is different from when we had a similar situation in 2011 when we were working on the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2011. I was in this House and when we said we were introducing that Act, most 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."
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