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    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I cannot add more since many speakers have spoken. This Parliament is the most important arm of this Government. We cannot allow the courts to legislate from their benches. Article 11 is very explicit about respecting African traditions and cultures. The Supreme Court, which is supposed to be constituted of well-learned men and women, cannot lead this country into making us believe that the LGBTQIA+ and those likes are supposed to be given space in this country. That is not African. It is un-African. There is no religion that ascribes to any of those. It is high time this Parliament expressed itself in all ways—through media houses and barazas . We must condemn the ruling by the Supreme Court. It is high time the Attorney-General of this country appealed this ruling. The five judges who passed this kind of judgement favoured a group of people that is going to encourage other groups. Then, we should have the Mungiki, the Al-Shabaab, rapists, and murderers allowed by the same Supreme Court to form alliances and associations. When I look at that Bench, none of them is less than 40 years old. What are they telling our young children and generations? I am made to believe that the former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, did not support this neither does President Museveni. I agree with the speakers here who are saying we should not just be made slaves because we need funding from the West. This thing of being told that we must admit and accept certain laws before we are given money from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank is strange to us. We must tell them. I know they forced on us Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and we know the reason they did that. Now they are here telling us that we should have a man and a man marrying each other. I cannot imagine myself seeing a man and having a hard on. That is against African traditions. I must see a woman then feel like that. I am a fan of the National Geographic that has a lot of documentaries. I watch it. You will see male animals attracted to females, fighting to death. I have never seen a male animal raising to satisfy itself sexually on another male animal. So what are they telling us?"
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