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    "id": 1060699,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangundo, Muungano",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fabian Muli",
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        "legal_name": "Fabian Kyule Muli",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to the Succession (Amendment) Bill. The Law of Succession Act came in 1972 and up to now we have been having a lot of conflict of law, especially in matters of religions, beliefs, traditional laws and also societal norms. We have had a lot of challenges in terms of implementing the Succession Law. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the notes on the Law of Succession Act, there are very few, but the cases are very many. I will not forget to thank Hon. Kaluma for proving to us that he is a family man and he loves the family, and for showing us point blank that it is very important to recognise wives. Saying that does not mean that we are in support of or not in support of polygamous marriages, but we support reality. In many cases, where our brothers and sisters pass on, a lot of family unity is broken because of constrain of cases. Many people living near the families are not there in good faith, but to be opportunists. I thank Hon. Kaluma for recognising that there are opportunists living near families and they can break the families any time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am of the school of thought that the best way to deal in terms of property is to make sure your estates are tested. This Bill is not going to solve the issues of families as a whole, but it just gives the interpretations for the courts. For example, there are too many cases pending on this because in 1990’s, judges and magistrates were not able to point which law to use in the cases. So, this Bill by Hon. Kaluma is going to give the specified way to make rulings in courts. However, this is not going to solve the cases in the society. I am urging the society to have tested estates and to forget about untested estates. If we work with wills, we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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