{"id":485333,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/485333/?format=json","text_counter":342,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":981,"legal_name":"Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua","slug":"priscilla-nyokabi-kanyua"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am truly happy that the House is able to debate the Bill on Protection Against Domestic Violence today. Indeed, this is a Bill that has been long coming. We are glad that the Eleventh National Assembly is able to debate. This is really commendable for our country. I appreciate that we have come to the stage at which we have come. I am happy as the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that the Committee spent a lot of time. If we have ever had a tussle in terms of a Bill, this is one Bill that has exercised the minds of the Member of this Committee. I have seen people remove jackets, ties, seen women remove shoes and eventually we have come to a compromise."}