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    "id": 902484,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902484/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13178,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "NOTING THAT, despite there being sound constitutional provisions and elaborate policy framework to realise gender equity, both national government and county governments have not done enough to realise the achievement of gender equality; Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to date, many girls go through Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) that affects their lifestyle in different ways. I recently read this from an article about a clinical officer in my home town who was about to circumcise a 32 years old woman because her husband alleged that she must receive the cut, otherwise the whole family will be cursed. The clinical officer claimed that he had obtained all the necessary consent from the lady, the husband and the family members. He was waiting for the group to arrive in order for him to conduct the act. The woman that I am talking about is a mother of two. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, those are the struggles that we go through as a nation. While many of us are fighting the practice of FGM, others are going back to the practice that we have already abandoned and one that the Government is fighting. We are far from achieving some of these goals. Women are not benefitting from some of the constitutional privileges. Many men register and benefit from their companies using the names of women so as to benefit from the 30 per cent that is set aside for women and marginalized groups. Businessmen are out to exploit women who can do nothing on their own. ―CONCERNED that women in Kenya experience hardships when it comes to elective offices, and are underrated by society with most opportunities for elective and appointive offices being awarded to men;"
}