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    "id": 1060572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Nguna",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Ngusya Nguna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity you have given me. This is a very brief amendment, which we need to make as soon as possible. Let me take this opportunity to thank Hon. Kaluma for seeing it very important to bring this matter to the attention of the House. In my constituency, I recall there were so many burial ceremonies which had been postponed because of this controversial issue of the law of succession. Some people took more than five years before they got buried because of those controversies. You recall that the ownership, control and management of properties are a controversial thing. One of the main objectives of Hon. Kaluma’s amendment is to lock out opportunists who claim a stake of everything that the deceased had acquired legally. I am supporting this Bill because it is going to bring clarity on how dependents can inherit property at a given time. Although the Bill lists all the dependents who can benefit, we also need to arrange it in a particular order as to who is supposed to inherit what? The Bill seeks clarity on the definition of “dependents”. Many people are good Samaritans who support many people in their life time but, most of the time, such benefactors claim inheritance when one dies. We need to come out clearly that supporting somebody when you are alive does not amount to an entitlement of inheritance. Therefore, I support this amendment and call upon Hon. Members to support it. There is nothing much as the idea is to avoid a situation where opportunistic schemers successfully claim a stake in deceased persons’ property. With those few remarks, I support fully."
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