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    "id": 1031349,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1031349/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Luyai",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Amisi Luyai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me time to add my voice to an already unanimous support to this Report. Female Genital Mutilation is a primitive, ancient, horrendous and barbaric practice that we should all condemn. I am happy that all the Members who have spoken before me have unanimously condemned that act. I do not believe that even the people who practised it knew the importance of that specific part of the body. In the world of fauna and flora, God created different ways of reproduction. For man, reproduction was sexual. Therefore, that important organ is what was created to enable man reproduce. Any person who cuts or mutilates it does not know the pleasure that comes from the clitoris or does not know how to touch it. If they knew, they would not attempt to do that. That is not far away from cutting your balls in the man’s context. If reproduction was supposed to be by fragmentation as it happens to plants, then probably, a finger from your body could produce an offspring. That is what happens in plants. However, for a man, it was specifically sexual. That is how we reproduce and populate the world and hence, there is no value and reason for FGM. It is a disaster unlike any other tradition. There are so many traditions and cultural practices that we must do away with. This Sessional Paper has come at the right time. We are having this discourse at a time when Kenya is playing in the league of the United Nations Security Council. We are showing the world that we are ready to get rid of those retrogressive practices. At this time, Kenya is showing the world, as we play at the international arena, that we are ready to progress with the rest of the world. I want to thank the Chairman who has been a very active, very focused and determined gentleman for bringing this initiative to make sure that we get rid of FGM once and for all. Thank you and I support."
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