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    "id": 237738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sungu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gor Eric Sungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me say that there is also the question of trafficking in women and children. It is necessary for us to look into this matter in detail. Even in training and education opportunities women are discriminated against. We must admit that education is a basic right in the 21st Century. In order to eliminate discrimination entirely from our system, we need to ensure that there is affirmative action. We must ensure that there is no discrimination against either the girl child or the boy child. Both sexes must be treated equally. Even drop out rate from our primary and secondary schools is higher among girl children than among boy children. Our women are afflicted by so many problems because of biological reasons. We know of girls who drop out of school because of the normal menstrual cycle. I am sure that since the previous Government was able to provide milk to primary school children, the current Government can also provide some of these necessities for our girls, so that they can go on with their education. That initiative is already ongoing in Nyanza Province, courtesy of Mama Ida Odinga. I think it should be reflected elsewhere in the country. With regard to the health of our population, I am happy to note that the United Nations has rated child and maternal mortality rate high on the list of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is high time we also ensured that our women do not die while giving birth, and that child mortality and maternal mortality are eliminated. On the same note, I must also say that I do not agree with the suggestion that this must never be legalised---"
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