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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Hon. Chairlady, I have been listening to the comments by hon. Members. I know the issues by the Member for Nakuru are very valid because we do not want to gag the media. But having looked at this carefully in Sub- clause 2, it says that the victim would request for confidentially and so it is not a blanket bar. So, the media can report but where the victim says: “I do not want to be covered”, then you do not need to cover. However, it is also a call for our media to be considerate; that when you have mass victimization like the Westgate Mall in Kenya, we go and cover even before the family or next of kin is informed, that is not proper. You see your sister or brother dead and you have not yet been informed. However, on the issue that hon. Onyonka has raised, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health was also whispering to me and I think it may be dangerous. So, if we have the concurrence of the Chairperson, we can move a further amendment that, that clause be deleted; the unreasonable intrusion from health professionals. That is because it might bar health professionals from helping victims of crime. So, we do not leave a blanket provision 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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