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    "speaker_name": "Baringo County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. I also want to congratulate my colleague, Hon. Beatrice, for bringing this very important Motion before us. I want to agree with most of my colleague Members who have spoken before me. Time has come for this country to walk the talk. Members should be leaders, especially on the Floor of this House, by guiding and giving directions on the things that happen in our communities. On sex exploitation in Kericho tea estates, it is unfortunate that sex is used as a tool to disparage. In some instances, sex has been used to make women very vulnerable to the extent that they give in into situations because of what they are being put through. I want to relate those incidents with many other issues. As a girl from savanna, women are exposed to many tenets of the society. For example, they have to obey and give men space because they are the leaders of the society. However, in recent times, we have realised that most of the things that are happening in society today are being perpetrated by men. Unfortunately, societies, especially African societies, believe that men are supposed to be the people who give direction. Today, we are complaining because of Kericho. Most Members have said that sexual favours have been used in many fields like schools. In the lake regions, we have sex for fish and sex in early marriages happens in pastoral communities. All that is for the gratification of a mature man. A man always being above a woman is in question. I want to talk about social media bullying. It is unfortunate that, as a leader, as much as you work very hard to help the society, you are a target of sex pests in the society. There are men who look at women and devalue them. They have a lot of narcissistic tendencies. They want to control and look at strong women, especially leaders, as objects. They want to take advantage of them probably because of their positions and money. When they are with those women in vulnerable moments in private spaces, they want to bring that out and embarrass them. As we all know, as Members of Parliament, many of us have been subjected to this. It is unfortunate that as Members of Parliament, we have no clear laws that protect cyber bullying on the privacy of leaders. I am referring to leaders because they are the mirror of society. Sometimes, you do not want to look like you are speaking on behalf of people who want to treat you badly. As I support this Report, we will have a lot of time to amend laws and to accommodate laws that will help us move forward. Thank you."
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