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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, a lot of times we tend to focus more on the violence as coming from men to women but the truth is that a lot of men especially in the urban centres suffer in the hands of their spouses. I think when I look at this Bill that is one area that, in my very humble view, tends to be overlooked. If you read it, the silent theme seems to be that violence only flows from men to women. Hon. Speaker, that is not true. I have had occasion to witness serious suffering by men and most times we have to say the truth when we speak here. When it happens that the man of the House for some reason is not able to economically provide for that household, for reasons that are probably beyond him, a lot of times those men suffer a great deal. Hon. Speaker, one of the incidents that I remember very vividly was sometimes in the year 2000 when I visited a friend in Savannah Estate. Where we come from, on weekends, we dress like ordinary peasants because truly we are peasants at heart. So, I walked into this friend’s house dressed in my tyre sandal shoes and faded jeans and as is customary for us, he asked his good wife; “Could you kindly prepare some porridge for him?” Hon. Speaker, I still remember the unprintable words that came from the bedroom to date. It is 14 years later but I still remember them. I was so pricked that I decided that this is something that we have to deal with immediately. Luckily, there was a supermarket nearby and I realised my friend was being mistreated and humiliated in my presence because the spouse thought he was useless and so all the people he associated with were also equally useless. Hon. Speaker, so, I decided to correct that impression and I went to the nearby supermarket, loaded my boot with everything that I could buy and when we reappeared, we blocked the doorway with the shopping. All of a sudden, the attitude changed and I was welcomed and asked if I could come in for a cup of tea."
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