Florence Mwikali Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Soliciting for money is very rampant in some communities and it is so sad when a parent/guardian takes very little money or cattle to have out of court negotiations. This needs to end because some of these girls who have been defiled and they are under 18 or even if they are over 18 years, do not have any justice that has happened in their lives. So, if you solicit for money, domestic animals or any other property as compensation, you will be convicted. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: We have some communities where girls who have been defiled are forced to marry the rapist. When you force a girl to marry somebody who has defiled or traumatised her, she will be in a marriage that will traumatise her all her life. She will never be happy in that marriage and the marriage might not even work. Also, the girl will not have got justice because you are pushing her to get married to the sexual offender. We have places where police officers are prevented from conducting investigations. We have very many examples where a police officer is prevented ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Research carried out by Crime Scene Investigations, a forensic and private DNA agency, reveals that rape in all provinces except Nairobi is mostly settled out of court through clan elders and that women and children in rural areas are subjected to such courts unwillingly. It is, therefore, important to prohibit collusion between an accused person and persons purporting to represent the interests of a complainant, especially where the latter is a minor as that will ensure that sexual offences do not evade justice. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: The proposed Section 40B requires the Cabinet Secretary (CS) responsible for the National Police Service to ensure that all police stations have special units to deal with sexual offences and to establish at least one special unit in the counties to handle sexual and gender based violence offences. Under the section, the proposed special units are to be equipped with modern equipment and facilities for carrying out investigations on the spot and all police officers are to be trained in handling and investigating sexual offences. On this issue of the special units in the county, we have instances where a ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: police need to be trained to be handling these cases. If not all, at least a special cadre of police should be trained to handle the sexual offences ad even the gender based violence. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, research shows that very few police officers have the skills to collect, document and preserve crucial evidence such as DNA. In C.K. Achand and 11 others versus Commissioner of Police and three others in 2013, the court observed that failure of the police to enforce existing defilement laws was partly contributed to lack of proper training. It directed the National Police Framework to be made a mandatory component of the training curricular to all police training colleges and institutions. The proposed Section 40C of the Act requires both the national Government and the county governments, in collaboration with ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Clause 10 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 46 of the Act to outline the matters to be covered by the National Policy Framework prepared by the CS to guide the implementation and administration of the Act. The amendment proposes that the framework provides for promotion of awareness and civic education on sexual offences and cooperation between the Government and the civil society in the enforcement of the Act. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: As I end, Clause 11 of the Bill introduces a New Section 46A immediately after Section 46 of the Act. The proposed section requires the CS for Education, Science and Technology and the ministry responsible for schools to prescribe guidelines for the inclusion of sex education at some agreed levels in the school syllabus. Such education will go a long way in ensuring that our children are natured to be sexually responsible and to respect each other’s dignity. On the issue of sex education, Busia County which I represent, from January to December 2016 had 9,167 girls who dropped out ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: As I stand to contribute, Hon. Speaker--- view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: As I stand to contribute on the Statement that has been made by Hon. Ichung’wah, it is important to know, as a country, that we have very many unresolved murders up to date. It is of great concern when one Member of Parliament (MP) speaks about his life. He has spoken about the militias that have come up, especially when we are approaching elections. We have militias in Busia and Mombasa. We will have militias everywhere especially when we are approaching the election period. So, it is an issue that should be taken seriously and that Petition should be looked ... view