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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, as has been said by the Mover, the Bill protects men, women, children and young people. The Bill basically protects everybody that needs protection as far as domestic violence is concerned. The statistics have been very sad. We are aware of women who have been unable to go to work as a consequence of domestic violence. We are also aware of – speaking as somebody from Nyeri County – men who have been unable to go to the farm because of domestic violence problems. So, as we pass this Bill, we are aware of the economic strain that this causes; that in a country where hospitals are barely minimal in terms of access to healthcare, you have people on the queue in a hospital not because they have diabetes or cancer but because they spent the whole night fighting. We are saying that, that is wrong. We cannot continue to have people in our hospitals whose only sickness is domestic violence. That is costing the country economically. So, the way to put a stop is to deter that conduct. Parliament intends to deter that conduct by making it clear to everybody in our society that domestic violence is no longer acceptable. 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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