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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "It cannot be just poverty. In many cases, they are well to do families. That is violence! How are we going to address that if we do not put anything in the law? We have known where a woman has killed all her five children and then killed herself. Men have done the same. These are the issues we want to address. Leave the usual and ordinary things. I am not a lawyer, but I know law is not made for the ordinary people who often follow the law. What they do daily actually conforms within the law because this is not madness created and written down. It is from the living of the people. Therefore, I support this Bill. I know there are certain areas that need amendment like saying that police can arrest one without a warrant of arrest. I think we should amend that and it has been addressed. Hon. Speaker, the definition of “marriage relationship” includes people who are divorced, separated or estranged. Do you realize that sometimes when a woman is 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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