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    "id": 718187,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F.M. Mutua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 539,
        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
        "slug": "florence-mwikali-mutua"
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    "content": "The proposed Section 40B requires the Cabinet Secretary (CS) responsible for the National Police Service to ensure that all police stations have special units to deal with sexual offences and to establish at least one special unit in the counties to handle sexual and gender based violence offences. Under the section, the proposed special units are to be equipped with modern equipment and facilities for carrying out investigations on the spot and all police officers are to be trained in handling and investigating sexual offences. On this issue of the special units in the county, we have instances where a victim goes to report a case and the police at the police station either do not know or do not want to handle the case. Most of those girls or boys are really mistreated. They go there to report and they are asked all manner of issues like: “What did you do for this man to rape you? How were you dressed?” Instead of handling the case in a professional manner, they are asked all these manner of questions. Most rape cases never get reported because when people go there to report, they really get embarrassed. You might go to a police station where there is no privacy and the police officer, in front of so many people, asks you: “Can you say what has happened to you.” It is hard to even say what has happened to you in front of all those people standing out there. So, we need the police stations to have a confidential place where the victim can go and have their specimen taken on the spot so that we can have the correct and right DNA taken for investigations. So, we request the special units to be set in the counties for such investigations and the police officers need to be trained. A special cadre of 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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