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    "speaker_name": "Kisii County, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dorice Donya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on introduction of comprehensive health education as a core subject in schools. There is nothing as good as having lifetime skills. They help you grow independently. You do not rely on anyone to help you because you have already been equipped. People can ask why we are talking about sex education. It is our second food. It is not bad. When we, as women, talk of teenagers’ pregnancies and FGM, it is not because we do not have sustainable agenda. We talk about good infrastructure and water. We do not want to see our women going to fetch water from rivers. We also ask about good health facilities, but when it comes to sex education, people think that women have no agenda other than talking about sex. I affirm that sex is our second food. If it were not for it, none of us would be alive, not even the animals. This is a very delicate matter which we need to educate our children on. They need to know. I am a journalist. I worked for 13 years at the Royal Media Services, and I know that information is power. When our children learn about this, they value themselves and appreciate love more than when they do not know. For example, how many church-going people think that their children do not know about sex, but they find out later that they are pregnant? Others say that when you teach children about sex, you are exposing them. We would rather have professionals offering the teachings than our children learning about it through Tiktok. They already know a lot about sex. If you go to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital, you will realise that there is 60 to 65 per cent of teenage pregnancies. Our young girls are having sex more than our mothers. They are practising it more than us. They do not have basic information of the merits and demerits of engaging in early sex. When I was talking about FGM, a man asked me what was wrong with just cutting a small part. He said that because it was not his part which had been cut or chopped off. No one should talk on our behalf. We are saying that FGM and teenage pregnancy are bad. It is high time we put in place punitive measures against the perpetrators. They go to one village and impregnate a girl. It is normal for them. They go to another village and impregnate another one. It is as if they are offering morning salutations. Nothing is done to them. When I went to the USA, I realised that children are taught about their rights in school. They are even told to report when they see their parents behaving in a particular manner. When women arrive in the USA, they are given a booklet containing their rights as women. What is wrong with our children being taught comprehensive health, wellness, and sex education in the curriculum as a core subject in schools? That cannot be wrong. It is not that we do not have anything to discuss. After all, we discussed about having good roads and equipped hospitals but we are yet to see them. This is simple. Teachers always undergo professional development studies and they can learn these things and teach our children. I support Hon. Jane’s Motion. Sex education is not bad. We read the Bible and the Muslims read the Quran. If there is a book with something related to sex education, you should carry it with you as you would carry love or anything else. You know, love is portable; you can carry it around. These books carry with them love. We were trained by a professor that when our men go for safaris, we pack for them tools – not because we believe they are going to do it – so that they are safe. However, when a lady carries the same tools, people will say that she is promiscuous. They will wonder why is she carrying them. When a man carries the tools – they are called “condoms” – it is well with people. If a lady carries condoms in a handbag and they accidentally fall down when she is removing her handkerchief, people will look at her and wonder why she is carrying them. So, I repeat, I support comprehensive health, wellness, and sex education in the curriculum as a core subject in schools. Thank you."
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