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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this very important Motion. Let me first begin by really congratulating Hon. Janet Nangabo for bringing this Motion whose time is well overdue. Let me begin by telling you just how serious this problem is. The World Health Organisation (WHO) calls fistula the single most traumatic aftermath of neglected childbirth. This unfortunate disease affects over 2 million mothers in the world. Two to three out of every 1,000 childbirths result in fistula. A lot of women are suffering in silence in the villages because it mainly affects women and girls from poor backgrounds in the villages. It is caused by obstructed labour, extreme sexual violence, early marriages, child birth when a girl is not fully formed for reproduction and extreme cases of Female Genital Mutilation. As a result, in Kenya, three to four women out of every 1,000 deliveries suffer from this disease. That is a very huge number. There have been interventions done especially in places like Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where about 100 to 200 women undergo surgeries. I am aware that this has been going on for a while but if you are talking about 100 to 200 cases being sorted per year, that is just a drop in the ocean. Therefore, I support this Motion. There should be more training because in the 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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