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    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the nominees. Hon. Jaldesa was my colleague and neighbour. My constituency borders Isiolo County. I know her very well. We both served on the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. We have been together on occasion during social functions for our two counties. I trust she has all the leadership qualities. There is a misconception that gender is only about women. I have been to the Ministry of Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action and had discussions with the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action. She agreed with me that the boy-child has been neglected. Equality also encompasses the rights of the boy-child and men. I want to urge Madam Jaldesa and her team to particularly focus on uplifting the standards of the boy-child in this country. I believe in equal opportunities for everybody. There are many available opportunities if we all work towards equality. The issue of equality has been misused. It is now time for Hon. Jaldesa and her team to focus on the same. There is a lot of violence against women, which I am against. There is a lot of unspoken violence against the boy-child. Every day in the newspapers, you always read stories about people molesting young boys. That is a matter that needs to be given a lot of attention. There is an increase in cases of female genital mutilation, which has made a comeback. I want to urge this House and the Commission to start dealing with that. In my Buuri Constituency, we are having serious discussions with churches, elders and men of good faith. I am a father of two beautiful girls. I also have a wife. I would like my girls, my neighbours’ girls, and the girls in my community to be safe. Hon. Jaldesa, you have your work cut out for you. We want to see you moving and championing the rights of every citizen in terms of equality and, more so, the rights of the boy- child. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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