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"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": "others in the absence of the surviving spouse, children, and parents. We need to stagger them with clarity. It may look very broad, but you must have also heard of cases where, for instance, there is an accident involving a family including the extended family. However, I think the wisdom that you are suggesting, more so Hon. Cate Waruguru, that we structure them is something we can bring on board. You all can bring amendments which I can assure you I will support. I am enriched by what Hon. Martha Wangari has said. You know some people think that when we say children, we are not alive to the fact of all children. When we talk about the children, please, go and look at what Article 53 of the Constitution says. When I talk about a spouse under the Marriage Act, go and look at what the Marriage Act says. It is very widely defined there. When you are bothered about property and former wife and whether they can inherit, go and look at the Matrimonial Properties Act and you will see how it is treated even in a polygamous situation. People do not know that when you are in a polygamous setup and then you marry another wife, the property you have with the first wife up to the time you are marrying can only be shared between you and your first wife. So, you start that way. These things are already broken down. Hon. Members, I am bringing this Bill out of my experience partly as a lawyer and partly from what I have seen. I told you when I was moving the Bill I was involved a bit in the Ambrose Adeya’s estate. I did not tell you that I also intervened in the matter for Hon. Mellitus Mugabe Were, if you can remember, where a person who was among the best maids and you could see the photos, came upon his death to say that she was now a wife, for purposes of succession. By the time we were successful to get the family back, Hon. Nangabo, whom I knew through that case, will tell you, Hon. Members, that that lady had taken the flats of Hon. Mellitus Mugabe Were, and his mother and siblings were suffering. I am not suggesting that this is final. I request you to support this Bill to go through Second Reading, so that we can bring clarity. People have spoken to what the Islamic law of inheritance is. By the way, if you look at the Quran, it is so clear and crisp, and that is why among our Islam brothers, you will never see these things. This is what I am requesting we think about, so that it is certain how we will proceed if any of us or any Kenyan dies. I beg to move and I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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