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    "id": 1234190,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu West, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "have done. We are asking those women whether they were forced to sleep with those men. We are placing the burden on the victims rather than supporting them and asking ourselves why they do not go to report such incidents. We tried to set up desks for people to report cases of harassment in police stations, which were manned by women. We made some strides. I do not know how far we have gone with them. We set them up to make it easier and friendlier for victims to feel safe to go and report and know that they will not be victimised thereafter. We know that many of them are now afraid of their lives. That is why they could not even show their faces when they were recording the exposé by the BBC. As a country, we have to think about the victims, protect them and ensure that they feel safe enough to report those matters. Secondly, we cannot continue to protect perpetrators of such incidents. You see it happening in many other ways. There are women who are killed by their lovers. We hear many cases of people being killed and the story just ends there. We have not seen many convictions of people who take the lives of others because of love triangles and even cases of sexual abuse. It is very unfortunate that in some of the recommendations, the senior management agrees and acknowledges that there were incidents of sexual harassment. This matter should not end here. If they acknowledge that there was sexual harassment, we want to know what will happen next. I encourage my sister, Hon. Beatrice, not to let this matter end here. If you have to follow it up with the DCI to get more support, just continue. Otherwise, it will be futile for us to just debate this matter and it ends here. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you will agree with me that in our country, the things that are aired in the media get all the hype. We are now talking about the recent accidents and the Ministry of Roads and Transport is now proposing what needs to be done. After a few days, we will forget about it until another incident happens. I hope the victims will get justice and be protected."
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