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    "id": 505834,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/505834/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 840,
        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Should we continue with the kind of insecurity that we are experiencing today, it means that what they get as a county will not be there. So, we are calling upon ourselves as individuals to ensure that we take care of our security. We also call upon our security enforcers to ensure that they are more vigilant. I know Kenyans are resilient people and they are going to ensure that nothing kills their spirit. We have seen cases where our girls and our women are being stripped naked. This is part of the insecurity that we are speaking about. We condemn it in the strongest terms and say that, that is not right. It is not legal. It is not Christian and we do not know why people are engaging in that kind of behavior. We know that we must treat each person with the dignity that they deserve. Those persons who have committed crimes, especially of sexual assault upon our girls and women, must be arrested, prosecuted and must be convicted. Our Judiciary has a right to ensure that any person, who is charged with a crime especially of sexual assault or sexual harassment, undergoes proper channels to ensure that we deter those criminals who are engaging in such acts. It appears, if we look at the incidents that have been happening, that it is more of a cultic issue. Persons take videos to ensure that they have posted in the social media. When they post them, I do not know whether they are getting any rewards for that. As a country and, as a society, as women and as brothers and sisters, we must call upon those people to stop. Whenever they are taken to court, we must ensure that, even as the police, we collect proper evidence so that we can have those persons convicted. At the end of the day, it will act as deterrence to the community so that our girls, our women and children can remain safe. We, therefore, say that Kenyans must ensure that this is a country that is comfortable not only for ourselves, but even the people that want to come and visit us; people who want to come and invest in our country; people who want to come and enjoy what we have in Kenya. I, therefore, support what the President said yesterday. We should ensure that all that we do, we do it in support of all Kenyans. I support and thank you."
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