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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I will let the matter rest there and proceed. I just wanted to share with my colleagues that last week, I had a very bad experience of a lady who is less than 30 years old and who lives less than a kilometre from my home. She has been going to the area chief many times to report that she is being abused. Last week, unfortunately, the husband murdered her and the body lay there for more than one day because the man’s mother was away and the man had to travel all the way to where she was to tell her that the daughter-in-law was missing, only for her to come home and find the body lying there lifeless. If Clause 6 of this Bill was law, probably that woman would still be alive. The body would not be lying in the morgue as it is today. So, some of these things are real. As a matter of fact, if we were following religious principles as contained in the Bible, the Quran and all other religious books or if we were morally upright, there would be no need for legislation. Legislation becomes necessary when we cannot live as God or Allah wanted us to live. I request that the House Business Committee places this Bill before the Committee of the whole House next week, so that most of us can get an opportunity to read it. From what I have heard, the latter contributions have become a little more 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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