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    "id": 1149614,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " All those names. Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I beg to move: That, Clause 97 of the Bill be amended be deleting the words “or any conduct contrary to decency or morality” and substituting therefor the words “of a sexual nature”. The amendment seeks to replace the words “decency or morality” with the words “of a sexual nature” so that it will be that way in any proceedings relating to an offence against or by a child, or any conduct of a sexual nature. If you look at the wording of the Sexual Offences Act, which repealed quite a number of provisions of the Penal Code, we moved away from using words like “decency and morality,” because decency is very vague. Somebody can say the way I am dressed is against decency. Because of religious considerations, a person may want me to wear a headscarf or a long skirt. When you are dealing with issues of a sexual nature, we know they are offences covered under the Sexual Offences Act. When you deal with decency or morality, that is very vague and subjective. What is moral to you is not moral to me, and what is decent to you is not decent to me, but a sexual offence is provided under the law. I am not aware of any offence of morality or decency under the law. They were repealed because they were being used against girls and women."
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