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    "id": 700404,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/700404/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
        "slug": "benjamin-washiali"
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    "content": "I want to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President for hosting the law enforcement agencies at State House, Nairobi and pointing out the weaknesses they have had over time. This is one of the cases where we have had weak enforcement. The P3 Form should be in the custody of the MOH. If one has been involved in an accident, the first point of call is a health centre. It should be the prerogative of an MOH to assess an injury suffered by a victim and determine whether the case qualifies for one to be protected by law. Such an arrangement would reduce the number of trips that one makes between a health centre and a police station. Currently, one has to go back to the medical centre for endorsement of the same form. If this Motion progresses into a Bill, I will propose that the P3 Form should be put under the custody of health facilities so that once an MOH or his representative determines that a situation warrants prosecution of the assailant, he can fill in his part and direct the victim to the nearest police station for the due process to take its course. That way, the journey of the victim will be one way. Secondly, we have had cases of domestic violence. At times when somebody’s wife reports an assault at a police station, police officers, who are mostly men, become judges and advise the victim to go back home and discuss the issue at the household level. It is not fair to subject our ladies to that kind of arrangement. If ladies strongly feel that they should be protected by law, they should be issued with the P3 Forms without conditions. We have the Children Act but there are very few cases where children go to court to report cases of abuse. Lately, corporal punishment is subjected to children in school. Some of these cases qualify for arbitration in court but the children whose rights were violated lacked enough funds to protect themselves."
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