Chairperson, the issue of rape kits was raised during the Joint Sitting. We realised that there were quite a number of police stations in our country that do not have the rape kits that are essential to ensure that we immediately address the question of rapes that are perpetrated against women and children. We are now on the drive to make sure that each police station - as you correctly say - does have its own rape kit. I will be monitoring this myself because it is a matter that was raised by women. The women of our country raised this with me and asked me as the President, to make sure that there are rape kits in all the police stations and it was my directive to the Minister that that should be the case. So, I will be following this up to make sure that it does indeed become a reality.
This is because it has been found that the police stations that do not have rape kits are not able to administer the necessary care to rape victims. This is a weakness that we want to address and we will make sure that it does happen indeed. So, yes, we will make sure that it happens. [Applause.]
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