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    "id": 718221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13136,
        "legal_name": "Sunjeev Kour Birdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to lend my thoughts to the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill. I congratulate Hon. Florence because as we approach elections this year, many issues pertaining to elections will be discussed. Issues pertaining to society such as these get ignored. While Hon. Florence will be leaving this year to pursue gubernatorial seat or defend her seat – I am not quite sure - she will know that she put effort in this Parliament to clean up the Sexual Offences Act. Modernisation brings modern problems. Children get older much faster than before. In some cases girls look much older than their actual age and those are the effects of modernisation. In many cases, some unscrupulous people take advantage of some young girls and boys. At the outset, this Amendment Bill seeks to clean up the original Bill. One of the things that stood out in this Bill was the collection of evidence. Section 36 of the original Bill clarifies that the collection of semen will be introduced as evidence. This was not there before. I feel that this is one of the most pertinent forms of evidence that you need in this Bill. This was omitted before, but it is now included. Hon. Speaker, fines have been increased from Kshs50,000 to Kshs500,000. Many times people in villages cannot afford a fine of Kshs500,000, but this is the more reason they should not engage in the vice. So, I am okay with the fine being increased. Clause 30 states: “A person who has been convicted of a sexual offence and who fails to disclose such conviction when applying for employment which places him or her in a position of authority or care of children or any other vulnerable person or when offering or agreeing to take care of or supervise children or any other vulnerable person is guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than three years or to a fine of not less than fifty thousand shillings or both” 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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