{"id":267158,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/267158/?format=json","text_counter":119,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ojode","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security","speaker":{"id":197,"legal_name":"Joshua Orwa Ojode","slug":"joshua-ojode"},"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) A total of five cases of husband battering have been reported in Nyeri County over the last three years. (b) The following reasons may be attributed to cases of husband battering; (i) inability to satisfy sexual needs of their spouses; (ii) over indulgence in elicit brews; (iii) infidelity; (iv) communication breakdown between spouses; (v) inability by the husbands to provide for their families; (vi) stress related to lack of employment and lack of money; (vii) lack of economic empowerment leading to high levels of unemployment amongst men in that county; and, (viii) overburdening the women with family responsibilities. (c) The following measures are being taken to discourage the menace. We have ordered for the crackdown on illicit and second generation brews; empowerment of unemployed men and youth to enable them earn a living through the Youth Enterprise Fund (YEF), sensitizing members of the public on harmonious co-existence among other religious gatherings and public"}