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    "id": 486697,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Having looked at the Committee’s proposals, having gone through the Bill and having experienced the many things that I have experienced in life, I support this Bill. Hon. Speaker, this is one of the three Bills that we have had which we think will stabilise the family unit in this country: The Marriage Bill and the Matrimonial Bill, which we passed; and this particular Bill. The consultations on this Bill have been the longest that I have seen. They started way back in 2005. The Bill came to Parliament, from where it was returned to the Ministry. It went to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). There have been consultations with communities. In my view, all that these three Bills are seeking to do is stabilising the family. I want to tell this House how I realised what domestic violence is. I first realised it when I was looking after children. I would have babies between six months and one year who are not gaining weight, and I could not find the reason. Every test would be done but we could not find the reason until I realised that if there is disharmony and quarrelling in the house, a child will not grow. This really surprised me. I was very surprised when I heard people wondering what emotional violence is. You live with a child and when you get home and when the child looks at you, all you do is say: “Do not look at me”. If you do that consistently for a time, that child grows so timid that when somebody gets to the house, the child starts shaking. The development of such a child cannot go on. Hon. Speaker, we look at ourselves and say that we are strong men. However strong we are, if we live with women who nag us, we cannot sleep at night. They deny you what you said you paid for, or they give it in such a way that says “ maliza ninatakakulala .”"
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