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    "id": 1031376,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1031376/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "Therefore, I want to speak to the communities that are practicing this like the Samburu, Maasai and the Somali. This is a cultural practice that can end. It will involve leadership and education in those areas so as to defeat FGM because it is not a good cultural practice. More so, looking closely there was FGM among the Agikuyu community. I do not speak for them but I know they had it. For those who read the old books like the River Between, you would see this practice being flagged very loudly. But now when you speak to the Agikuyu community you realise it has died. Therefore, it is possible to kill this cultural practice. So, the fact that this is a cultural belief you cannot do away with a fallacy. This is because it has been done away with in some communities. It has worked, can work and this is the time for this cultural practice to be defeated. Whereas the statistics given show that over 200 million girls and women have undergone this practice... If you go continentally, it touches on Africa, Asia and 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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