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    "id": 1052682,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1052682/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "and parental leave for parents of a child born as a result of surrogate motherhood agreement and the procedure for applying for such leave. In his Memorandum, His Excellency the President noted that surrogacy is, itself, a novel reproductive science which has not been regulated in this country. Because of that, if the Bill is enacted in law in that form, surrogacy agreements recognised by it would operate in a vacuum in terms of the absence of a substantive legal and regulatory framework to govern surrogacy in Kenya. I believe there are other provisions that are related to surrogate motherhood which are also of a substantive nature. It was his feeling that we need to formulate a more comprehensive policy, arrived at after a broad public participation and stakeholder engagement. It is on that basis that His Excellency then recommended that those three clauses be removed. I urge the House that we consider them positively and agree with His Excellency so that the Bill can continue being in operation, subject to removal of those three issues that would otherwise render it inoperable. I beg to move and ask the… There is no seconder. Yeah, I beg to move."
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