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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. From the word go, I rise to condemn femicide. I join my colleague, Sen. Crystal Asige, in this honourable Motion and to also support the sentiments by my colleagues and Kenyans all over. I begin by saying that femicide cannot be about women. It cannot be a business of women because the loss of life of the women is a loss of a mother, a daughter, a sister and could be a loss of a provider and a Kenyan. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to get back to our societal networks. How is the society guiding each other? We need to be our brother’s keeper and to re-examine our education system. What kind of knowledge are we passing on to our learners? Are we only getting knowledge to learners that is only geared towards some paper education? Are we focusing on knowledge that is taking us back to values that will protect our children? Are we teaching our children about certain values such as tolerance, love, respect for each other, patience, determination and hard work in order to enjoy the benefits we desire? It is unfortunate that while I was on recess in my village, I went to a burial in the next ward and it was so such a pity that we were burying a young woman who had been strangled at night by unknown people leaving three young children with a husband who was away doing some manual jobs elsewhere. In December, everybody saw the news about a young woman who was from a market in Ndeiwa sub-county, where I come from. She had bought food from the market and when she went to cook, somebody just came and chopped off her head with a panga . That is the face of femicide that we talking about today. We condemn this. I wish to tell youths, be they women, boys or girls, that hardtimes do not last, but hard people last forever. They must be able to go the hard way of providing for themselves. We must never encourage shortcuts for our people. Let us encourage the young people to work hard. Let us encourage them that it is the only sustainable way and if any case, life was never meant to be easy. However, as I wind up, I condemn femicide and say that there is no reason why a woman should be killed. Whether people talk about love, fare or anything, we must say no to femicide. I support this Motion."
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