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    "id": 486724,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "informed, than the previous ones. I see people acting out of emotions, making comments which are not in this Bill. The Bill talks about sexual offences as defined in Sexual Offences Act of 2006. So, there is really nothing new. I heard hon. Midiwo ask what would be termed as economic abuse. The Bill defines “economic abuse” as follows:- “The unreasonable deprivation of economic or financial resources to which an applicant is entitled or which the applicant requires, including household necessities, medical expenses, school fees, rent and mortgage expenses or other similar expenses; and the denial to the applicant of the right to seek employment or engage in any income- generating activity”. I have seen cases where even politicians like ourselves, during campaign, go back to look for their wives, whom they had separated from many years ago just to show that they are married, or vice versa. They campaign and get into office, and the moment they get into office, most of them either marry a second wife or elope with other women and deny these women economic support. They forget that these women fought so hard to place them in office. Hon. Speaker, it is something that should not be allowed. This must be corrected. As some of my colleagues said, this thing is not even about women. We also know of so many cases where men are abused in marriages or by close family members. That needs to be corrected. There was a question about what is emotional, verbal or psychological abuse. Again, this is defined in the Constitution and in this Bill. It is a pattern of degrading or humiliating conduct towards the applicant including but not limited to, repeated insults, ridicule or name calling and repeated threats to cause emotional pain. Many times some people even say they would rather be beaten than go through the silent and cold treatment that you are subjected to by a spouse. I wanted to appeal to everyone; my male colleagues and female colleagues in equal measure that this is a bill that we need to support fully."
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