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    "id": 1234136,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Starehe, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Maina",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13283,
        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this chance to make my maiden speech this month, and the opportunity to contribute to this debate on sexual harassment in Kericho. I think this issue does not just affect the people in Kericho, but one that cuts across board. In my constituency, I have two wards that have a huge population in the ghettos and the issue of sexual harassment is very rampant. I find it a point of concern that people have developed very shady and scanty mechanisms of dealing with these issues that make it difficult for some of them to get to the police. They have formed some committees and they say that issues to do with sexual harassment should be dealt with by the community itself. I find that to be very untoward and way behind the 21st Century. We need to take serious measures to address issues of sexual harassment. We have very high expectations and hopes from the Kenya Kwanza Government. I wish it takes very stern steps so that we can deal with these perennial issues once and for all. We should come out strongly and repeal the Sexual Offences Act and have capital offences meted on these sexual offenders. This will help us deal with this issue that has been bedeviling this country once and for all. It is time we stood up for the women of Kenya today. As Members of the 13th Parliament, it is our responsibility to come up with a conclusive solution to the issues of sexual harassment. It is time we spoke the same language and became proactive. We should not be reactive: we should not be addressing issues after all those women have been raped and sexually harassed. We need to be proactive and come up with mechanisms that will deal with this issue once and for all. I happen to come from a single parent family. I have been brought up by my mother in the streets of Nairobi. Therefore, I can attest to some instances where people expected sexual favours from her to manoeuvre in her area of business. However, being a Christian woman and through God’s grace, she managed to raise me and today I am an MP."
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