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    "id": 21618,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Kilimo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Linah Jebii Kilimo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will mark a new beginning for the many girls in the pastoralist areas. As you know, girls are always more than boys. It will, therefore, mean that more girls will not lead lonely lives because of not undergoing FGM. This Bill will save the shame that many women who have undergone FGM suffer in old age. Many women suffer in silence. I know that Dr. Khalwale might not have come across them, but there are many women with prolapse of uterus who walk around in shame and silence and do not know where to turn to. So, I am glad that the pastoralist communities who mostly practise FGM have turned a new leaf or page in their history. As for the circumcisers, there is so much to do. We have the Women Enterprise Development Fund and they can be taught so many skills. They can also be taught how to do tanning of the skins and they can start exporting them. Even the young men can start making shoes in this country, because what is common in the areas where FGM is practised is the abundance of livestock. So, there is a lot that these women can do."
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