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    "id": 818193,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Report further tells us that this is followed by women aged between 18 and 49 years making 32 per cent of those who have been victims. Recovery centres are useful for quite a number of reasons which include a comprehensive quality care for survivors of gender based violence, that is, the rape, sexual violence and even sexual exploitation. They also provide medical management of the injuries that have been sustained. They provide treatment to ensure that HIV is not transmitted. We also know that it is possible to get emergency contraceptive pills provided to the victims. There is prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. They also serve as collection of physical evidence and samples necessary for the prosecution of perpetrators including the issue of having them as psychosocial care centres. The usefulness of these centres cannot be overemphasised. We need them across the country. This is happening. I worked in Nyahururu Law Courts sometime back and I can tell you, Hon. temporary Deputy Speaker that these cases happen every day. There are some courts where up to 65 per cent of their cases on a daily basis are related to issues of gender based violence. This is a very timely Motion. It is important that we make sure that the Government provides those trauma care centres across the country. They are better when they are linked to provincial Government hospitals or other Government facilities so that they become useful."
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