Florence Mwikali Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Aug 2017 in National Assembly: The Bible, Hon. Speaker. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I want to sincerely thank all the Members who have supported this Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill. I want to thank them for the various amendments that have been raised, which I believe will be addressed at the Committee of the whole House stage. There are some few amendments that were raised, which I feel I need to clarity as we move to the Committee of the whole House. One hon. Member raised the issue of the boy-child not being covered. The Bill talks about a person; it does not specify the gender. Therefore, ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The issue of abortion was also raised by one hon. Member. That is, if a lady who has been raped should abort the child. The victims of a sexual offence are at liberty to seek the opinion of a trained health professional. Article 26(4) of the Constitution provides for grounds when an abortion is permitted in law. The Legislature though has the mandate to come up with legislation to permit abortion pursuant to the above articles of the Constitution. The issue of the DNA samples was raised here. In the offence of gang rape, DNA samples of all the accused ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Biology teaches students about the reproductive system but it does not go further to elaborate on the dangers of experimenting. Education in Kenya is compulsory but church attendance is not. As legislators, we must guide the country whether we should continue hiding under the guise of culture and morals while moral decadence eats up our society. We respect culture but some cultures are slowly disappearing from Kenya. Therefore, placing reliance on culture to eliminate the scourge of early pregnancies will be foolhardy. We all know that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is The electronic version ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: backward and should be eradicated. We need to have a middle ground as we move to the Committee of the whole House. We need to agree on a point at which to introduce sex education. I want to thank Members. I hope that they will pass the Bill to the Committee of the whole House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Mine will be very brief because most of the things have been covered. One, as Kenyans, we need to ask ourselves why we are last minute people. This is something we should have been doing progressively and continuously. Here we are at the last minute, rushing to register our people and even requesting for more time. We should be prepared as a country always. I am sure before 14th February, you will see many people coming out. I do not know if it is our culture or what happens. We like last-minute things. We ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Uganda, the things they are needed to do for them to get IDs and they have families here are so long and tedious. That is why, as a community, we need to speak about this. We need women married into various counties to be assisted so that they can vote. I assure you, the number that came out yesterday was so huge. I did not even know how to handle it. I am committed to ensure I transfer those women to their homes. I give them money so that they can go and get voters cards, which is not right. ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 33 of 2016) be now read a Second Time. First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Legal Department of the Kenya National Assembly, the Kenya legal fraternity, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and all the relevant stakeholders who made this Bill a possibility. Despite the passage of the Sexual Offences Act in 2006, the issue of sexual offences in our society is one that still requires us to take urgent action to address. An ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: attack was recorded by the officers merely as assault and the alleged offenders given a punishment of cutting grass around the police station. Hon. Speaker, since the incident, Liz is confined to a wheelchair and requires constant support to perform normal bodily functions. Liz and her family have received threats to their lives and they had to abandon their homes. The characterisation of the incident by the National Police Service (NPS) seemed to diminish the viciousness of the attack, and to an extent blame Liz. Hon. Speaker, the 2013 Annual Crime Report released by the NPS indicated that the rape ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: In the mother Act, the word “indecent act” is not clear. I will give a case of Mr. Kenneth Mwaniki versus the Republic where the court observed that the use of fingers to indecently assault a complainant does not fall under the definition. I will also give an example where women have been complaining that they undergo indecent acts in the ferry in Mombasa that when they are crossing, men do indecent acts behind them but they do not have ways of reporting since it is not in the law. We have redefined the indecent Act. view