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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "id": 590,
        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "I just came back from the village after attending a very sad burial of my cousin and his wife. For those who might have been in the Press for the last three or four weeks, you might have seen the story of a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer who shot his wife and himself. That was my first cousin. We all sat and reflected on what could have resulted in that situation. They have lived together for 22 years. They have old children. We all sat and wondered what could have gone through the mind of this gentleman to reach a point of shooting his wife of 22 years and turning the gun to himself. This is the position that our society now finds itself in. That is the reason as to why we probably now more than ever before require a Bill like this one, so that people can know that in times of difficulty, there is a place where they run to and get salvage. That is not just for women, but even for men. When you reflect on a situation like that of my cousin, you wonder whether he went through so much emotional torture that he ended up in that kind of situation. When you think about his wife, you wonder whether there had been issues that led to the kind of situation. Hon. Speaker, the definition of “domestic violence” that has been given in this Bill is valid. There is an issue raised by the Leader of Majority Party yesterday, which I would like to speak to. He said that he does not know anywhere in the world where there is forced wife inheritance. I come from a community where there is wife inheritance. In many instances, the women agree with their shemeji or someone close to take care of them, but there are also very serious circumstances which make it very difficult for a woman to agree to be inherited. In the olden days, this was done by one’s very close relatives. These days, there are professional “terrorists”. They are called “ terrorists ” because they come to terr. They are people who come from where you do not know. They are commercially there. They are paid to do the job – the ritual of inheritance – and then they go their way, having left circumstances behind that are not very good. Let me give an example. If there are three wives in a household and the third wife wants to be inherited but the first wife does not want to be inherited, the first wife will be forced to be 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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