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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "Yes; you can even say that anybody found practising FGM should be jailed for 10 years. They are as bad as the poachers! Women who are cutting our girls are as bad as the poachers. If we can fight “poachers”, we must fight them. In fact, they are worse because they destroy human life and the motherhood of our daughters. As hon. Lati said, it has been scientifically and clinically shown that it affects the womanhood of our girls, particularly during their pregnancy and delivery. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not want to go into the issue of presidential pardon. The President has a right to pardon anybody under the law. I will stress on culture. I want to speak about the community that I come from; it is not based on religion, Islam abhors FGM. I am sure the Bible and the Koran abhor FGM. Which is more important between your religion and culture? It is your religion. If you are a good Christian and a Muslim, then you must fight FGM; you have no choice. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not want to answer the question from my good friend, hon. Jimmy Angwenyi. It was very unfortunate. I am sure today that those forces and the law enforcers who are fighting FGM--- The first culprit is hon. Jimmy Angwenyi. They must look for him; these are women out there, NGOs and the Government. Hon. Simba Arati was on how well prepared we are. I want to confirm that Nairobi is a serious FGM centre, according to our statistics in the slum areas. I am sure hon. Simba Arati leads a serious constituency, where this can be practised. This practice is everywhere, if you read the report. I want to thank the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) because he comes from a pastoral community and represents all of us, besides being the DPP. Under Section 19 of the Act, he has set up what is called “an FGM Prosecution Unit”. That is a serious department among the many departments he has. I think that answers hon. Simba Arati’s question. Hon. Huka has asked about culture. I think if it is about preserving our culture, then we should come in here wearing skins. Why are we wearing suits? You look at culture and pick the best of your culture. I am sure all of you were part and parcel of your cultural practices that you dropped. Therefore, what makes you stick to FGM if it is very bad? Why are you very unfair to the women of this country? Hon. Iringo talked about law enforcement and I am sure the document I am going to lay on the Table deals with sensitization and the law on chiefs. A chief was sacked in Kajiado this year. That was a very good step that was taken. I want also to thank the Citizen Television Station, because for the last three days they carried stories sensitizing people on the FGM issues in our country. Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo asked what the FGM Board has done. The board is very young; it is hardly six months old. It is led by an anti-FGM crusader; a former Member of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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