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    "id": 251068,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must address ourselves to the problems that our country is faced with today. The biggest problem today is rape and child defilement. How many children have been raped in this country? How many of them have died as a result of rape? How many children have been rendered useless and lost humanity because of being raped? How will they continue to live? If we really care, we must address these problems. Only that way, will we be considered to be saving our families, wives, mothers, daughters, nieces, constituents, our sons and, perhaps, ourselves. The only way we can ensure that is by passing this Bill. This is not a Bill about women. It is a Bill about us. When you think of this Bill, do not even think of your wife. Think especially about your daughter, grand-daughter, grandmother and yourself. We are not saying that this Bill must be passed as it is now. Let us now concentrate on bringing amendments so that we can amend those areas that we feel very strongly about. That way, we will speed up the work on this Bill and all the women of Kenya will feel that we have done them proud by safeguarding their lives. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference will be held in Nairobi as from 7th May, 2006 to 12th May, 2006. In fact, delegates have started arriving. One of the main themes during this conference is: \"Focusing on Violence against Women.\" The Committee on Human Rights will be focusing on violence against women. The other committees will be focusing on security and the environment. It will be a shame if Parliaments of the world convened here and yet this House seems as if it will throw away a Bill on violence against women. Sexual offences amount to violence against women. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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