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    "id": 1268892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Agnes Mantaine",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I was complaining because I came earlier and inserted my card and it was blinking. But it is okay. I thank Hon. Jane, Member for Kirinyaga, for bringing this very important Motion. If we lose our children, we will not have a generation after us. I support the introduction of comprehensive health education in our schools. Most of us, from our generation, want to live in denial. It is high time we agreed that a lot is happening on the social media. If we will not take it upon ourselves as parents, both women and men, to ensure that we teach our children and introduce them to what is on the social media, then we may end up losing our children. A parent is the first teacher the children trust. When you discuss something with your children, they will live to remember. It is time to bring all our churches, including those against such teachings, on board. If we do not talk to our children, it means that by the end of it all, we will lose our morals and culture. Our children will rise against what we want them to be. I am not opposed to the introduction of comprehensive sex education in our schools, but I urge parents to take up their roles, namely, men to boys and women to their daughters. I am afraid there are some young parents who did not learn certain lessons from their parents and I do not know whether we will have to introduce those talks on our radio stations by the elderly women who can talk openly about these issues that we think our children need to know. I think it is important to bring the churches and the whole community on board because these are issues that we need to discuss with our children. Growing up, we would sit down with our grandparents who would take us through all these topics without shying away. I just saw the Member for Kisii having a hard time mentioning some things. When we educate our children without proper terminologies, they will not know what it is we are saying. A condom is something that you can mention. I mention a condom, a vagina, and sex because for a long time, I have been an educator on the effects of FGM. You cannot discuss FGM with the community without mentioning where they cut and the reason behind why the practice should be stopped. It is wrong to cut a woman because you cut the tip of the clitoris, which is a concentration of nerves. The vagina will no longer play its role. This is not something that women or men should be ashamed of because these are parts that God created us with. We need to protect them by making sure that our girls are not cut. We are not opposed to the male cut, but we are opposed to the female cut because it is a part that has a role."
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