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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I thank the Committee and the Leader of the Majority Party for their consideration of the Presidential Memorandum. At the outset, I agree with the President because the original amendment that I had put across was on the pre-adoptive leave for those children that are adopted through the legal framework that is already set out, considering Article 53 of the Constitution on the rights of children. I want to clarify, because some Members have wondered whether the whole Bill has died. In fact, the President had no issue with the pre-adoptive leave on Section 29 (a) and Section 3 of the Bill. He had only reservations, and rightfully so, on the issue of surrogacy for the commissioning parents. He was specific that he threw the ball to us to develop a legal framework on which to anchor the issue of surrogacy. So, I thank the Committee for the consideration. This had come from the public participation which has been key in terms of including the public in our legislative work. I definitely support the Report, agree with the President and throw the ball back to us as Members of Parliament, to create a proper legal framework for surrogacy. Maybe in future, this can come back to the House, so that we can harmonise it."
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