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    "id": 939597,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13174,
        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Intersex people, together with their parents, have suffered a lot. Those people have issues with identification. When a child is born in hospital, they are either considered male or female but one big hospital once put a question mark on the gender of the child, and the mother was shocked. She did not understand the reason as to why they placed a question mark on the gender section. The doctors did that because they did not know how to assign the child‟s gender. Identification for this group of people is a nightmare yet one needs to have identification to belong in this country. One can face extradition or insecurity issues if they do not have identification. The identity card also allows one to access various services such as banks and many others. The intersex persons have suffered when it comes to access to social amenities. They never get to know the toilets that they are supposed to use, especially when they are in school. That is why they drop out of school. That mother explained the stigma that the child faced when it came to the use of toilets. High schools make it difficult because one fails to know if the child should go to a girls‟ or boys‟ school. One intersex person explained that they at times face insecurity issues because people always insist on checking if they are male or female. In our education system, one is either registered as female or male and assigning these people‟s sex has been a nightmare. This Bill will enable intersex people to get placement in schools. They will also be able to get amenities in hospitals. Our culture has forced many parents to hide these children just as they hide the physically challenged children. There was a case in Western Kenya of a man who lost part of his reproductive organs and he did not have a father figure around him. The only person who was there to sympathize with him was his old mother. It is actually that mother who said that the man 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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