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    "id": 811278,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the statement by Sen. Nyamunga, which is very timely. What we see going on in the country about the defilement of children is very sad. Sometimes I even wonder whether the number of these cases is rising, or whether these cases were not being reported in the past and it is happening more now. However, there is clearly a problem. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has talked about with regard to setting up a special desk. This is because most of the times, it feels as if the police officers in police stations are not well trained; or are not sensitive enough to the needs of the victims once they come in to report these crimes. I propose that we should extend this a bit so that it is not only about the defilement of children, but also sexual assault in general. There should be special police officers who have had some sensitivity training on how to deal with these victims because stereotyping and victimization of the victims keeps on happening over and over again. We have also heard of communities where the elders sit down and talk about the offenses for the perpetrators not to be prosecuted and that should not happen in modern day Kenya. It should be outdated and no community should get away with that. Defilement of children is evil for it destroys the life of these children from the beginning to the end of their lives. People talk about having these men castrated - on a light note - but this is probably what needs to be done because one should not be allowed to defile a child and get away with it. We need to get serious about sexual offenses and I agree that it should not just be a regular sex offense; we can have it as aggravated sexual offenses. This should not be encouraged and it must be punished. These people must also be prosecuted, found guilty and punished for there to be deterrence of these cases. In many cases, we have seen these people being arrested and the case drags for years to a point where the victims get tired and, in the process fail to show up. Then the cases are dismissed and you have these men walking around. This should be a crime that is taken very seriously and a maximum sentence should be given for us to stop this from happening."
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