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    "id": 1071354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for granting me the opportunity to support the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill by Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona. Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo Mabona has passionately pushed for this Bill and the recognition of women. Issues of fertility are, funny enough, considered women isssues. In our culture and society, when a couple does not have children, it is usually a problem of the woman. Hardly does society think that men can be infertile or men cannot reproduce. Therefore, for me, this is a very genuine Bill. It is a Bill that is seeking to protect families. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I served with Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona in the 11th Parliament when we had Hon. (Ms.) Joyce Lay. Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona has pushed this agenda in this House. Allow me to say that Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona deserves recognition because she speaks for the women and men of this country who have found it extremely difficult to conceive and to have children. Fertility issues are not just a matter for women. The fact that the Bill is seeking to provide a legal framework that is going to guide and govern how this work will be happening will definitely cushion women because women are the majority who are seeking these services in this country. I have had the opportunity to live out of this country for a long time. The issue of surrogacy is recognized in so many developed countries. There is nothing like a fuss out of it. Women are getting services of other women who completely decide, out of their own volition, to help a woman conceive. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you go to the rural areas, where we come from – leave alone Nairobi because in Nairobi nobody really cares – you will see how women are suffering in the hands of their mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law and their extended families. This Bill speaks for that Wanjiku in Isebania and Turkana. Women who are unable to have children are reffered to using derogatory words. Look at where a woman who did not conceive or have children is buried when she dies in our communities. It is extremely terrible. We come from 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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