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    "id": 1562494,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also thank Hon. Njeri for bringing this Statement. I often feel proud when I hear statements like this because when I was a young person about her age many years ago, I sounded a warning about trafficking. At that time, I was not a Member of Parliament. Back in 2006, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women had marked Kenya only as a transit point for the trafficking. I remember many people told me that I was just using that issue to secure funding from donors. I conducted extensive research then and even visited several countries in the Middle East. I discovered that we should have nipped this issue in the bud. I sponsored the Counter- Trafficking in Persons Act, which serves as the main legal framework alongside the Palermo Protocol on trafficking in persons. Hon. Temporary Speaker, my concern, which I hope the Committee will address—one that Hon. Njeri is also discussing—is the porous borders. Kenya is no longer just a transit point; we have now become both a source and destination for trafficking, including women from Asian countries. The last time I checked, many women were being trafficked in Kenya into the entertainment and sex industry. More worrisome is the fact that Kenyan women are being trafficked abroad for prostitution, sexual exploitation, and labour exploitation. Just a few years ago, this was a minor issue; we were just a transit point. Now, we are both a transit and source and destination, even with the law in place. There is a problem, and we must deal with it seriously. What can they tell us about the gaps in the Act? Can they propose amendments if the law is deficient? Is it a matter of insufficient funding, or how can we tackle the issue of trafficking, especially against women? I recognise that men are also trafficked, but women are more frequently targeted."
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