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    "id": 952963,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support. First, in my forays as a rhetorician for the last 20 years, I have had the benefit of visiting so many children’s homes. Similarly, in my forays in attempting to deal with cases of defilement of children, it has occurred to me that we do not have rescue centers or homes for the children who are defiled. The country has concentrated so much on punishing pedophiles, but we have not made an effort to have a place where these children can be put in and rescued. As I was mentioning to Sen. (Dr.) Zani last week, the Cabinet suspended international adoptions for three months. This was done because of what appears to be child trafficking and the unregulated manner in which they are doing adoptions. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, had this law been in place, the Cabinet would have found a method of regulating international adoptions and adoptions generally. However, because we do not have that framework, the people who are doing child trafficking have come into the country and interfered, because we do not have processes. Because they have dealt with an international arbitration of a child, that child must be kept in a home and there must be reports. In the absence of such a framework, I am afraid that even if they lift the bond after 90 days---"
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