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    "speaker_name": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs (",
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    "content": "Ms. Karua): Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am opposed to the proposed amendment because it is not right to presume that everybody charged with defilement has a mental illness and, therefore, needs to be taken to a mental hospital. Under our laws, a court which hears the case is at liberty to, if evidence is presented before it, suggest that a person is of unsound mind and make appropriate orders for examination. The amendment, although well intentioned, may serve as an excuse for criminal elements or perverts who are bent on assailing our children. I suggest that since the law provides 1084 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 31, 2006 that when the court hears reasonable evidence to make appropriate orders, that this amendment be disallowed and we leave the clause as it is."
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