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    "id": 1491501,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Uhuru Kenyatta used to say that security starts with you. As we call the police, we know we cannot get them to police everyone but the society needs to be very careful and ask our young men and women to avoid toxic relationships that might lead to GBV and femicide. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also speak on behalf of athletes. We have lost many athletes to that. We lost Agnes Tirop who came from my village through this GBV. She was killed in Iten. The investigations are still ongoing and we ask the Judiciary to speed such cases. The most recent one was the one for the Ugandan athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, a marathoner. It was very tragic. She was buried the other day. We also lost Damaris Mutua and we have just lost Samson Kandie, one of the famous marathoners. One of the suspects is the wife. While women are affected by this issue, men also are affected. Even in the sports world, we are losing many female athletes and most of the perpetrators are partners, husbands, boyfriends and people close to them. As a society, I call upon all religious organizations, the Muslims, Christians and the Hindus – and I am told the Hindu want a holiday – to be at the forefront to fight this vice. I thank Sen. Eddy. I have heard him talking about the extra-judicial killings, forced disappearances and abductions. That is a serious concern. I would like to inform Sen. Eddy in closing that when I was once the powerful Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, we investigated such cases and the report is available for his perusal. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion. Thank you."
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