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    "id": 939578,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, when you go to antiquity, the incidents in old Greece and old Rome of antiquity, not the times of Julius Caesar, I am talking about 5,000 or 6,000 years ago, there were some divinities who were intersex. They were regarded as very powerful. It is just like the image of God; we do not really think of God as either male or female. I mean, God created us in His own image. The Church, as opposed to the Scripture, has behaved as if God having been said to have created man in his own image, then that meant that God or divinity has some kind of sexual distinction. That is not the case. Therefore, any human being who is a product of a relationship between man and woman, that person is a real being whatever his or her biological condition. However much, that person will look different. To that extent, the conference that was in Bangkok, Thailand discussed a great deal the problems that are being confronted by intersex people. That conference was followed by another one in Seoul this year, one and a half months ago, on the 19th August 2019. This is important in building this awareness, like what Sen. Mwaura has been doing before bringing concrete proposals before this House in terms of petitions. It has translated into a Bill which hopefully will become law soon. I also believe, just like you pointed out earlier, that the number of intersex people in Kenya is a lot more. This is because during the census, I do not think the enumerators would be able to determine. This is where people were able to proclaim their sex as it were. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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