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    "id": 21629,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/21629/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Shaban",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate the Tenth Parliament for preserving the beauty of the woman because God took time to create a woman. People got Independence in this country in 1963, but the women from the communities which have been practising FGM are actually getting their independence now. This is because that way they can enjoy their full lives and everything. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to point out that the Member for Dujis was very passionate about the issue of people who are going to lose employment. From the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development, we are going to do a massive sensitization exercise. On top of that, we will ask the Members of Parliament from those areas to help these people to come together in groups, so that we can give them community grants for them to be able to do income generating activities. These women really know about our culture and are also very good at teaching our children about what we believe in. So, they will have a lot of work to do as old as they are and we will give them a lot of support. We would not want anybody to get into trouble considering that the new law is very strict. Because it is very strict, a lot of sensitization and facilitation will go into this, so that we can make sure that people do not get into trouble by actually going against the law. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Njuri Ncheke of Meru, Kuria Elders and many others whom we have started involving in the sensitization exercise and have helped us all along. To date, we can say that in most of these communities there is a lot of work going on through the elders. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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