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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know many people are looking at me because they want to know my position and today, my position is very clear. I stand here to support this Bill. I want to tell Mr. Mututho that some of us do not drink and so we can go home any time of the night to see our wives. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to talk about the position of the Muslim religion vis-à-vis FGM. I want to make it very clear that Islam in its own wisdom has never supported FGM, both in terms of its scriptures and the teachings of the Holy Prophet. FGM, which is sometimes called female circumcision is practiced by both Muslims and non-Muslims across the world and mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. The countries that lead are Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and so on. Again, the degree of mutilation varies depending on the cultural practices. The effects are so fundamental because it affects child birth. I am sure men go out and use a lot of other drugs to arouse themselves sexually. You do not need Viagra. The cause of that is FGM. FGM is affecting sexual intercourse. FGM is also affecting infertility and bringing psychological trauma to women. FGM also creates a lot of sexual dysfunction among women and men. It also affects the menstrual lifestyle of women. It also affects both medical and emotional well-being of women in the world. There is no connection between Islam and FGM. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is no relationship between Islam and FGM. I want to say here today that the history of FGM--- People might not know that the first person to start this “animal” called FGM was an Egyptian pharaoh in the first century. I know that in a pastoral community, as Mr. Ekwe Ethuro said, all the beautiful women we have--- Our biggest undoing has been the FGM. That is why the women of our friends from the highlands and the lakes are doing better than ours. We see a lot of pastoralists marrying them."
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