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    "id": 1031381,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Nasri Ibrahim",
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        "legal_name": "Nasri Sahal Ibrahim",
        "slug": "nasri-sahal-ibrahim"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to what Hon. Members and my sisters have said. At the outset, we are not honest about eradication of FGM. Why am I saying this? The pastoralists who are in the rural areas especially the nomads are still doing the cutting and so many girls are dying due to bleeding. I know there are too many briefcase NGOs and government entities purporting to be advocating for the FGM. They are collecting money from organisations and the Government yet they are not doing the necessary things they are supposed to do. This is because the nomads are still practising it in the rural areas. I am a Muslim and Islam prohibits FGM. Any parent who does that is a sinner. We believe that any parent who allows their children to be cut is a sinner and he is sinning against Allah. So, what I want to urge is the Government and the briefcase entities who are purporting to fight FGM is to take firm action against chiefs, sub-chiefs and local village elders who lead those people who are still practising this. They should take action. They should jail them and they should eradicate this completely. When a girl is circumcised, they are traumatising her physically and mentally. As it has been said before, when the girls get their periods, it is very hard for them. This is because they feel pain. We used to get panadol every time for them. Also during delivery, the Somali and pastoralist women are cut. They go through a lot of pain and that is really bad. So, I support this and I want the Government to take serious action against this cutting. Thank you. I support, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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