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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mugo",
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to also support this very important Motion. I also congratulate the Senator for this timely Motion. This is a big problem, not only in Nairobi, but all over the country. I would like to tell my friend, the Senator, that it is not only one case, but many cases. Maybe it is only that this one case of Moi Nairobi Girls Secondary School was given such publicity. We, therefore, commend the Minister for Education for the action she took immediately. That should be just the beginning; she must go deeper into this. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is true that girls are mainly the ones who are harassed, and more care must be taken towards them. However, the boys are also affected. In boys’ boarding schools, especially the newcomers are harassed and sodomised. I remember the case of a boy who was sodomised and admitted to the Nairobi Women’s Hospital. For a long time, he could not speak because he was so traumatised. The Ministry of Education must, therefore, look into this issue and make sure that there is proper discipline in all the schools. The male teachers who harass girls should be in prison for life. I ask the Senate Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee to look into the law and see whether we need to strengthen it so that we can give judges a stronger hand to put these people behind bars for life. They have no right to live in the community. The other thing that the government should look into--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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