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    "content": "Hon. (Ms.) Mishi Mboko Juma Khamisi): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to make my maiden speech. I want to thank the people of Likoni Constituency for electing the first woman to represent them. It was a very hotly contested battle but I thank God that I managed to become the first female Member of Parliament (MP) in that constituency. I want to tell the people of Likoni Constituency that I am here to join efforts with all the residents - those who voted for me and those who did not. All of us are Kenyans and residents of that constituency. We need to work together to ensure that we better the lives of our people. Asante sana and may God bless them for trusting a woman to be in that position. It was very tough. At least we have set a good precedent and trend so that other girls and women who want to aspire for elective positions can also compete with men and acquire such positions. I want to congratulate my sister, Hon. Rose Museo, for coming up with this very important Motion. Counselling is an educational experience. It teaches somebody to understand some particular conditions such as depression, anxiety and others. When you understand a particular condition, you can have some options on treatment or how you will tackle such an issue. We have witnessed students in secondary and primary schools, and in universities, killing themselves and fighting each other, burning schools and doing all sorts of evil things. All those things could be avoided if only we could have effective counselling centres, with teachers who have the capacity to give counselling services. We have also seen in our families that there are some disputes, especially relating inheritance. During those processes, we have seen family members killing and fighting each other because of inheritance. If we could also devolve The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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