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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Gathecha",
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        "legal_name": "Annah Nyokabi Gathecha",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First, I would like to thank hon. Millie Odhiambo for bringing the Bill. It is timely and long overdue. I support the Bill because it addresses a very key issue pertaining to women in this country. Most of the victims of abuse, who need protection, are mainly women. They are the victims of rape. They are victims of disinheritance when their husbands pass on. Young schools girls are sexually abused by their teachers. This particular Bill seeks to protect the dignity of such victims by providing better information. I particularly commend provision 1, where it has better information support services and registration of offenders. We know that many people who sexually abuse women and children tend to be transferred from one area to another. This particular Bill will protect the victims because a sexual offender must be registered in terms of the crimes that they committed. A record has to be provided wherever such a person goes, indicating that the particular person has committed a particular offence. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill protects Kenyan victims even if the crimes are committed out of this country. We have a big problem in this country. We have over 11,000 soldiers who train in Laikipia area. If you grew up in that area, where British soldiers train, you will find very many children of mixed descent. These are children who will never know who their fathers are because their mothers have been victims of rape. The people who commit such offences are spirited out of the country. They are not held responsible for their actions. So, this particular Bill will protect and provide an avenue for such victims to be protected. Looking at the issue of maids in Saudi Arabia, we know what happens to many of them. Many of them are murdered. They may be sexually abused. They are not protected. Some of them manage to find their way out of that country and come back to the country helpless but alive. The cases of those who unfortunately do not make it back to this country alive are lost because there is no way for their relatives to be compensated. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the issue of the victims of murder in Lamu County, and generally victims of murder. An unfortunate statement was made yesterday to the effect that those who were murdered are those who grabbed land or were given land in the 1960s for settlement schemes. Those are people’s husbands. Wives and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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