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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I speak to the Chair, I just want to tell Professor that this Statement was brought by the Woman Representative for Kericho County and I. It was women who came to cry in this House. My additional question to the Chairperson is that one, this is an issue that is already in courts in London. We have 2,000 workers from Kericho who have sued that company. We would want to know what the Ministry is doing to support them in the case that is in a Scottish court, which is about to start in the month of April. Two, even as we speak about all these issues, we have women who were infected with HIV/AIDS. What is the Government doing to the officers who infected them? This is because, even as we speak of rape, how do you rape and infect at the same time? It is unfortunate that we are talking about this in Kenya when we already have the Sexual Offences Act and many Acts to deal with this matter. In as much as the companies decided to suspend the officers, they must be taken to court. I wish that the Chairperson would ensure that their case is taken up by Government. It is a big case. Many workers in those tea farms are sacked the moment they start having back problems. What are we going to do with the many workers who have left just because they became sick as a result of work? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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