Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say that an injury caused to a sexual organ cannot do all those things that my sister is complaining about. It can injure you in such a way that you may not enjoy sex. That is fine. But "cutting you" is not a sexual offence! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, circumcision for men also cuts a portion of their genital organs. So, you must see the difference of what I am talking about. We are not saying that it is bad; it is good. In fact, even female genital mutilation is good ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not know that, but even if it does that, still it is not a sexual offence. This Bill is extensive. On sexual offences alone is a very small part. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Those who oppose this Bill have been depicted by the media and publicly over radio stations and wherever as "rape mongers" and rapist lovers, for we support rape, if we oppose this Bill. That is how it has been packaged. That is why all men have fled and gone into holes. This is because if you oppose this Bill, they will flash your photo and say: "This is a rapist supporter". They have brought this Bill as if it is so urgent that unless it is brought today with quick amendments over the ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so why should somebody package this proposed Bill which does not even define rape or a sexual offence as the law which will now deal with this monster called "rape" and unless it is passed today we are doomed? Look at the sentence for it in Section 14 of the Penal Code. It states:- "Any person who commits the offence of rape is liable to be punished with imprisonment with hard labour for life with or without corporal punishment". view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was just using Kiswahili for emphasis. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, who can be punished harder than this unless you are executing? The only other thing which is not here is the death penalty. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are being punished by being jailed for life, on top of it, hard labour and viboko ishirini na nne, or as many as the magistrate may be pleased to give you. So, what kind of punishment do you want? This Bill which is being proposed does not propose hanging either. It does not even propose hanging, hard labour or corporal punishment. So, what is it that makes this proposed Bill more severe and serious than this Penal Code? Why are we packaging it as if unless we pass this law, we are done with it ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: And that is also repeated in "attempted rape". Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you come to the issue of sexual assault, it is not as if we do not have a law on sexual assault. In fact, if you look at the section on Indecent Assault, this is a very serious offence. Indecent Assault has been defined so comprehensively in the Penal Code. As it is, we do not need this section on the Sexual Offences Bill. In fact, Section 144(1) of the Penal Code says: "Any person who unlawfully and indecently assaults any woman or girl is guilty of ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hurry is not the issue of sexual offences; it is the bandwagon; the omnibus, which we want to create to bring things, which should not be brought under and have nothing to do with sexual offences. One of them is the issue of age. When we dealt with the Children's Act, for example, the mischief, which we wanted to address at that time was that you have, for example, given birth to a child with a woman who is not your wife, but you do not want to take responsibility over that child. So, we ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: If you take me to court and say I showed a child an obscene object, I will ask: "What is an obscene object?" We should not make things so subjective, that it is the person who has charged you who seems to know what an obscene object is, but you do not. That way, we will be charged everyday. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also talk of exploitation of prostitution. That is a political statement, which is very fundamentalist in nature. What is this thing called exploitation of prostitution? First of all, they have not defined prostitution. Nobody knows ... view