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    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to add my voice in support of this Motion. It is a Motion that is familiar to me. I have worked in this area for many years. I am a founder and CEO of an NGO called Womankind Kenya, which did a lot in the areas of reproductive health. I have been running an integrated programme. I have met physically with women and girls who suffer vesico-vaginal fistula. I have counseled, sat and ate with women who are despised by their communities, who do not feel like part of the community because of fistula. Because of that, I have been able to interact with doctors within this country and beyond. I want to salute some great men in this country. There is a man called Dr. Mohamud, the Governor of Red Cross Kenya, and Dr. Aden Abdullahi. Those are two great men who have supported fistula programmes in some parts of this country. While the women were suffering and crying, I did not know where to go to for help. If you go to health centres, there are no specialised people who can help them. If you go to the general hospital, you will not find a specialised doctor who can treat them. Those two great men, when I sat, interacted and discussed the problems the women were facing, went out of their way to do their own research and find a solution that could help those women. They connected me to doctors in Spain who came all the way to Garissa and Ijara, in particular. They did many fistula repairs in Ijara. When I was in the 10th Parliament, I was a champion of fistula issues. I had many meetings at KNH and down in my constituency of Ijara. I know the psychological problem women face when they suffer from fistula, particularly the girls who go to school and who cannot control their urine or faeces. Going to school becomes a problem and so, they drop out. That is a major psychological problem. Those doctors supported 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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