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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I thank the Committee for that Report. I only wish that the recommendations were stronger. One of the recommendations is that victims should report any sexual assault or harassment, but given the nature of our society, victims do not report, especially where it is an inferior-superior kind of relationship. The Committee should have put greater onus on the companies to make sure that they have a sexual harassment policy and systems in place to deal with the same. The Committee should have also used stronger language against the Government. I also wish to thank the BBC for the expose. It is very embarrassing that with a whole government that consist of a Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, it takes the BBC to expose this. That means there is something that is not operational. If there is one thing we have done well as a country, it is to legislate. Perhaps we might even be accused of over-legislating. We have a lot of laws on sexual and gender-based violence, starting with Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution on international conventions that are protective of women, including the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. Other laws include the Sexual Offences Act, Trafficking in Persons Act and Victims Protection Act. We have a plethora of laws that are protective of women. Where we fail is in implementation, which is the role of the Executive. It is embarrassing that a lot of women report cases of abuse against them, and no action is taken. Before I came to this Parliament, most of my work entailed dealing with issues of abuse, especially against children. It was embarrassing that you find cases like this."
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