The war against gender-based violence in Kwale County is set to reach a new milestone with the launch of the first-ever Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual.
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00:00Today was a day of sex and gender-based violence,
00:07violence against children of all genders,
00:12children of men, children of women,
00:16and many, many places where our children are being abused.
00:22It started in Kwamba, where we were being beaten
00:25by two men who were not women.
00:29So we met with all the players of Justice,
00:34the Court Users Committee,
00:36and we saw how we could help.
00:39Because the court can't do the work on its own.
00:43In fact, I can say that we are at the end,
00:47but the school starts there, in Kijijini.
00:50The child is either being abused or being abused.
00:55In Kwamba, we saw that many cases were not reported,
01:00they didn't reach the court,
01:03and they were being abused in different places.
01:07What is it that is causing these cases not to reach the court?
01:11So we decided to investigate and see
01:15what is causing these cases not to reach the court.
01:20So we looked at the courts and the unions
01:25in every sector.
01:28We decided that everyone would be given a salary.
01:32You as a parent, if your child is being abused,
01:36what are the first things you will do?
01:39So the parent or the person who is being abused,
01:46will be given a salary according to the SOP.
01:50So that is the first thing.
01:53When it comes to the police, how will you handle it?
01:57And you as a doctor, how will you handle
02:00when your child is being abused?
02:03And I need you to be in a good position
02:06to be able to send him to the court.
02:09So we have been given salaries.
02:12We have been given salaries.
02:15How will we handle these salaries?
02:18And how will we deal with these children?
02:21Because they are not normal people.
02:24So we need to be in a good position
02:27to be able to handle their salaries.
02:30These standard operating procedures
02:33are given to them.
02:35They are given to them.
02:37The cases are taken to the community.
02:40When the child is being abused in the community,
02:44what do you want to do as a community member?
02:48Where do you want to report him?
02:51What evidence do you want to preserve?
02:55Don't let the child die.
02:58Something like that.
03:00It is also given to them by the police
03:03how they will investigate those cases.
03:06They are taken to the police station
03:09where they are interrogated
03:12or they are asked questions
03:15that can traumatize the children again.
03:18When the investigation is over,
03:21the police also give guidelines
03:24to the prosecutors
03:27on how to deal with the survivors
03:30of gender-based violence.
03:33That is what the county does.