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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "The Senate Majority Leader, next time, you should tell us the number of teen pregnancies that we had in Kericho County. You should also tell us the number of abortions that happened in Kericho County. I want us to start personalizing it. When we do that, we will see how serious it is. I also want you to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education, the number of children who got pregnant and are back in school. Sen. Wafula is not here and I wanted him to hear this. Last year, I went to Bungoma County where we had 5,000 teen pregnancies in 2023. How many schools can accommodate that number if a school is to accommodate 1,200 learners? That translates to four schools full of pregnant people. I thank Sen. Kibwana for bringing up this issue. It is a big issue and we need to look at to it holistically. We should ask the Committee on Health and Committee on Education to look at it from the lens of adolescence boys and girls. They should look at it beyond pregnancies and abortions, but instead look at it as an issue of violence against adolescence. If we do so, we will realize that we need to do something about it. I am glad the Nancy Baraza Task Force is headed by the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. I will go to that task force. Hon. Murkomen is in charge of the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. We want the safety of girls and boys in this country to be treated as an issue of internal security. There should be a budget line and a policy in place to ensure that there is safety and security of our girls and boys."
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