21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Speaker. I support this Bill and I want to thank hon. Millie Odhiambo for coming up with this Bill in a proactive manner.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, then it is reading wrongly here. I am sorry. It is the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Family values are very critical for the survival of any country or society. I had friends who were unable to complete school because of domestic violence. I have also seen people deformed because of domestic violence. I have also seen people leave work because of domestic violence.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, we have seen a lot of infertility cases both in women and men because of domestic violence. Even if you have paid dowry to your wife or whatever the case, you have no right to encourage domestic violence.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
I was just looking at Article 53 of the Constitution which talks about the right of the children to know their parents. That is both the father and the mother. Both have parental role to protect their children. We have seen very many families in this country and some do not even know their mothers. We have seen some children say that they do not know their father. When you ask why this is the case, you are told that it is because of domestic violence. I have met many ladies who do not even want to know who their ...
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the Bible says that what God has put together let no man separate. As I support this Bill, there are some dangerous clauses which will encourage families to break or which will make people not to get married.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
So, it is important that those ambiguous clauses must be amended.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
In the African society, we do not know about the issue of rape in a marriage but for my colleagues, whether you are a man or a woman it is always good to seduce each other so that you can have that pleasure in whatever you are doing.
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21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
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