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    "id": 821943,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/821943/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13491,
        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "and finally sub-locations to ensure that anyone who suffers post-traumatic stress after violence, or whatever other form of injury, is treated medically and in a manner that is befitting. It is important to stress that we are going through very trying moments and this is discernible from the social media and mainstream media where we read and hear about a lot of gender-based violence. It is not just the case of Nzomo that we should be talking about, because soon after that, we had the other incident where some lady assaulted some man for non-payment of a bill of Kshs200. In Nzomo’s case, there was hue and cry from every corner of the country that the man had violated the rights of the lady and deserved to be arrested immediately and put in jail. However, when it came to the case of the man being assaulted, there was a lot of mockery that came, again from every corner of the country, where most men were despising the man and wondering how he could actually be battered by a lady and why he did not pay the bill. I do not think that gender-based violence should be justified in any way nor should it be directed towards women or men. It should be an act that is against the law, as we have enacted may Acts of Parliament dealing with it. What is important is how the person affected by the violence is treated especially after the act—the post-traumatic effects of that violence. This is why this Motion has been brought to the House, so that the Government is urged and this House does resolve that funds are set aside for these centres to be constructed. In my constituency of Tharaka, we do not have a centre such as what is being proposed here."
}