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    "id": 1054131,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1054131/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Taveta, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Naomi Shaban",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": " Being a medic I am very sorry. That stalemate was then resolved and in 2014 we got the Marriage Act. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so many women were crying that they have been married customarily and that the ones who had marriage certificates were the only ones who were being recognised. Like Hon. Duale was saying, a woman had been married for 30 years, but because it was under customary law, at the end of it maybe they divorced or they separated at that time and since there was no law to take care of that person once somebody else had a marriage certificate, they were actually left destitute. So, this was solved by the Marriage Act. However, when it comes to succession, again I just want to kindly ask that as much as Hon. Kaluma has brought this amendment, it is important for us to be very clear on certain things. As we sit here as Members of Parliament and even the ones outside there, we take care of so many people including people who have been depending on us and the villagers. We have helped children of our domestic workers and all that. Clause 3(2) of these Bills says: “A person not named in this section shall not be a dependant for the purposes of this Act unless the person proves that they have been maintained by the deceased for a period of two years…”"
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