Alice Muthoni Wahome

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of this Bill. I want to pick from where hon. Wanyonyi left and refer hon. Members to even the title of this Bill because it is “The Protection Against Domestic Violence.” People have been talking about domestic violence without paying attention to the word “protection”. We are legislating so that we can protect people who are in a domestic relationship and it is fairly surprising that some hon. Members express major reservations instead of speaking to improve the Bill so that the concerns can be addressed. I hear concerns ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the hon. Member--- view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, especially with his latest move in bringing an amendment in respect of the Children Act, I agree. I did not mean that he does some of those things. What I am saying is that he recognizes, like most hon. Members here recognize, that most of these crimes occur in situations where there is trust; the wife trusts the husband and the child trusts the father. It is that father who is in that relationship who will then defile a child. The defiling occurs at night. Maybe the mother comes to know and she calls a police officer. It ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, incest is a criminal offence. It is also a domestic violence or a crime. Even though it may have been taken care of by the Penal Code, it is not possible to leave some of these crimes outside this law. Therefore, I do not think that there is any harm in repeating it here because there will be a big gap without that. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of marital rape. Hon. Speaker, allow me to refer again to hon. Jimmy Angwenyi who said that when one wants that thing and then somebody is refusing to allow that thing to be partaken--- Surely, we are not referring to consenting adults, people who are in love and people who want each other. A sexual act which is forced and is not consented to cannot be desirable or enjoyable. Therefore, the law needs to look into that. At my age, even experience tells me that even men can be forced although that is debatable. However, ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the concerns raised in Section 4 have been addressed by the deletion. Because there is a lot of work that this Committee has done, most of the concerns that hon. Members have raised have been taken care of by the proposed amendments by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to support this Bill. I plead as a litigating lawyer in court that we need this law. 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. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I mean before I came to this House. I am now a full time legislator. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope the screen is not reading “The Member for Thika Town” because I have raised this issue. view