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    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is strange that I have been given an opportunity to talk about what I hate, because our cultural setting does not allow us even to discuss it, leave alone consider it. It is a taboo to think of a man marrying a man. It is against our culture. I am just wondering about a situation where your neighbour, a man like you, comes with another man and introduces that man to you as his wife. Surely, you will think that the man has gone mad and his brain is not working. If you look at our culture and compare it with the European or American one, surely, our culture is rich and they admire it. Several times when they visit Kenya, they tell you clearly that they admire our culture. But they want to erode it from another side by coming up with marriage issues. In terms of our culture, I say a very firm no. This case has come to us not to consider, but to condemn and we should be together in condemning this suggestion. It is a suggestion because it will not even be a Motion as I do not know how we will discuss it if it comes as a Motion. Moving away from culture, let me talk about our religious inclination. We have two major religions in Kenya; that is, Christianity and Islam. I have heard my colleague, who is a Muslim, speaking and I am sure if you speak more, he will tell you that sex by people of the same gender is a taboo. A similar thing applies to Christianity. The Bible condemns it. Culture condemns this thing we are talking about. So, where is our entry point? I think what we have is one unifying voice. Let us condemn this thing. I do not have any favourable word, not even one, for this suggestion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I see my time is up."
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