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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of this Bill. I want to pick from where hon. Wanyonyi left and refer hon. Members to even the title of this Bill because it is “The Protection Against Domestic Violence.” People have been talking about domestic violence without paying attention to the word “protection”. We are legislating so that we can protect people who are in a domestic relationship and it is fairly surprising that some hon. Members express major reservations instead of speaking to improve the Bill so that the concerns can be addressed. I hear concerns about police officers having power to enter into a home and carry a wife. You know hon. Angwenyi was very worried that his young wife would be removed or a young wife can be removed. But we are not talking about a young wife in an ordinary relationship. We are talking about a young wife, who is subjected to violence; who needs attention; who needs to be protected from this person. Cases have come forward of men’s genitals being severed by women who are caught up in love emotions or distortions. There are cases of women whose genitals have been injured using bottles. These are people who are saying that they are in a domestic relationship. These are the kind of cases we are talking about; Children who are living with batterers; with the family members who are killing them; family members who are not taking them to school. Sometimes, there is no time for a family member to be rescued through a warrant of arrest. Most of these cases occur at night and I know hon. Kaluma knows this: That many of the times, these cases occur at night. So, if you say that a police officer will not be called and may not come without a warrant of arrest, a child will have died; a woman will have died; somebody’s genitals will have gone and they are important tools."
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