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    "id": 1162544,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I join my fellow Senators to celebrate the International Women’s Day today. It is a great day for us women. Our society is made of women and women have played a big role. As we all know, women are very industrious; they have served the society in different ways. As we celebrate the International Women’s Day today, I do not want to only celebrate women who are learned, working women and those who are leaders in different capacities. I also want to celebrate those women who have even not gone to school; those who are in the in the villages working day and night to bring up their children. This is because even if they have not gone to school, they have the natural knowledge that God has given them. They have worked very hard to bring up their children and majority of them do that even without any support from a man. Many are single mothers others are widowed. These women work very hard. I celebrate every woman today, both the leaders in our society in different capacities; those who have gone to school, those who are working and those who have not even gone to school, but they use their knowledge and skills to bring up their children and have a lot of impact in the society. Madam Temporary Speaker, as you know, women are very prayerful. They pray for the society, they pray for their families, they pray for us as leaders and Kenya is what it is today because of the prayers of faithful women who have kept praying for this nation. As we celebrate women, I want to request the security apparatus to give special attention to women wherever they are. Earlier today, I wanted to contribute to the Statement regarding the young lady, who was harassed in the City of Nairobi and suffered in the hands of the men, who decided to molest her and do all the things that they did. I want to call upon the security apparatus to ensure that women are well protected. Women work day and night to earn a living. They work day and night, so that they can help the society to grow. Therefore, they must be given enough security. We have many women who are aspiring to be elected in different positions. We call upon the Government to give every woman who is aspiring to be elected, total protection because we know that during the campaigns women are intimidated, some of them are abused others are beaten up and others are insulted. The Government should be alert and know that women deserve enough protection in our society. From past experience, we have seen that women provide effective leadership and also that the money that lands in women’s hands serves the society better than the money that lands in men’s’ hands."
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