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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Musyoka",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Mbinya Musyoka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Florence Mutua for bringing these amendments. This is an important Bill and, therefore, we should not trivialise it. The inclusion of unwanted and intentional body contact in this Bill is timely. This is something women have been victims of for a long time. This Bill will deter the perpetrators of such acts of sexual harassment. It is important that women also become responsible enough and dress decently, so that they do not attract such perverts. It is also very important for our police officers to be friendly to victims of such crimes by establishing desks for gender crimes. Our policemen should be trained to be sensitive enough to handle such cases with the seriousness they deserve. In many occasions, violated women who went to police stations to report such cases were ridiculed. They were told to repeat the story over and over again. Such women have been embarrassed. Some policemen have even told them to show them what really happened. It has been very embarrassing and difficult for women who want to report such cases. Therefore, having police stations that are friendly to women, with officers who are trained to handle sexual offences matters will go a long way in helping victims of sexual offences. The other thing that people keep trivialising is the matter of body contact. It is not just body contact. I wish there was a way of including it in the Bill. There is a song with the words “ kula kwa macho ”. This is something which has been going on over the social cycles. It means looking at a woman, undressing her and even engaging in the act without the woman’s involvement. This should not be allowed. Even the Bible does not allow something of that sort."
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