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    "id": 821867,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu East, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jackson Lekumontare",
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        "legal_name": "Lentoi Joni L Jackson Lekumontare",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. We agree that there are victims of sexual harassment. This centre is very important. It will help. However, I hold a different opinion because if we say that we are going to create so many centres, we are going to be a country of centres on papers because implementation will be a problem. It is not only sexual harassment that traumatises an individual. I believe in Kenya there is no crisis when it comes to sexual harassment. Recently, in this House, we passed the creation of some centres. If we just propose to create centres and we are not able to effect the proposals, it will lead to a very big problem. It is very important to have trauma centres for survivors of sexual violence. We can create trauma departments in hospitals to deal with such matters instead of creating so many centres which the country cannot implement. It is not true that it is only sexual violence that traumatises people. Looking at what happened with regard to the bus accident which was carrying students just two days ago, those parents are traumatised. We did not say that we should create a centre because of that one particular incident. It is necessary that we have those centres, but they should not be stand-alone. They will be a department in hospitals. I do not support those centres because of that reason. Those centres can help the victims. We have laws to take care of people who do those kinds of things. The victims can be helped by the departments within our hospitals. We cannot manage all those centres. I oppose the Motion."
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