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    "id": 1176754,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Umulkher Harun",
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    "content": "It is only that I left out that bit. To all those waiting to be wives, this is an assurance to them. In any case, being a wife is not the end of life. One can remain single and be a proud woman. Hon. Speaker, GBV comes in all forms and men could perhaps be inflicting GBV on their wives unconsciously. Emotional abuse is one of the ways. An example is when you nag a woman on a daily basis on how the children have not performed well, or through denial of conjugal rights. We have seen that the majority of working people are women. We all go home very tired. Unfortunately, the roles have shifted to women as men have decided to be bystanders. I will not delve much into issues to do with men. The issue at hand is violence committed against women, like FGM, early marriages and physical abuse of our young girls and women. We see children being defiled. Unfortunately, such incidences happen to those who are poverty stricken and they are intimidated to not report such cases of violence. The only way we can overcome this is through taking our boys and girls to school so that when they mature, they can decide for themselves and make informed decisions on issues pertaining to their lives. Hon. Speaker, the abuse inflicted upon me versus that inflicted on a girl in a remote village in Mandera is different. I will be able to speak out for my rights, unlike that uneducated girl. I urge all of you to allocate some funds towards educating the girl child. That is the only way we can overcome this menace. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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