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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Woman Representative for Nairobi County (",
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    "content": "Over and above the challenges, three are unique emotive problems facing women I represent. The threat of domestic violence, crimes of passion, sexual harassment and rape remain a reality in spite of existing laws that criminalise the same. We need to act also against corruption and together we can climb any mountain. Let us drive and deliver the dreams of men women and children of Kenya. Allow me to share the story of a young boy called Shadrack who was hospitalised last year in August after he suffered road carnage on Outer Ring Road. He was paralysed from the neck down and was admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). He was discharged in December, sent home without any assistance to his mother, no physiotherapy, no social services and no wheel chair. Shadrack went home and unfortunately suffered many bad sores and was returned to KNH. When I found Shadrack in KNH, I decided something needs to be done. Our social services have collapsed. I had him admitted at the Spinal Injury Hospital where he is up to today. Shadrack for me reflects the collapse of our services to our citizens. Shadrack’s mother has eight children. I asked her one day: “How comes I was in the hospital many times and I never saw you?” She said: “I never had transport to get to the hospital.” So, we have real problems with real citizens and I feel that as a leader, it is people like Shadrack that have inspired me to get into leadership so that we can bring changes. It is Shadrack and many like him who suffer. The patients that I released out of KNH in December, 2017 are begging us to look into their needs. I will take home certain cases. For instance, there was the Gender- Based Violence and Crimes Bill by Hon. Joyce Lay who pushed for the establishment of the gender crimes unit. I will introduce a Motion on the same and galvanise political goodwill for its implementation. It is quite unfortunate that though we have women and youth who greatly contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation, their contribution cannot be quantified in figures or percentages since they remain unpaid, underpaid and mostly unemployed. These are the youth that I will work with through an initiative dubbed “Twende kazi.” My entire vision cannot be exhausted with the few minutes I have on this Floor. I am inspired by a little known pre-colonial activist whose middle name is Muthoni which we share, Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru. On 16th March 1922, in demanding the release of Harry Thuku, she led a demonstration against colonial masters. She dared the police by uttering the following words, “Take my dress and give me your trousers, you men are cowards. What are you waiting for? Our leader is in there, go and get him.”"
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