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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "communities where we have seen these things happen. Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona speaks for so many of us, women, in this country who are seeking this kind of recognition. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill is going to establish an authority which will develop guidelines. I happen to sit with Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona in the same technical group that is called, “The Reproductive Health Bill Technical Group” – a WhatsApp group that comprises of women and men who are passionate about reproductive health. Issues of surrogacy are reproductive health issues and these are issues that are in our Constitution. We cannot talk about public health in this country without adressing reproductive health. Health is a devolved function. I am happy because if you look at this Bill you will realize that it addresses the issue of assisted reproductive technology authority. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in line with our devolution principle, Part II of the Bill says that the authority may establish such branches or organs as it may deem necessary in this country to reach the women in mashinani who suffer at the hands of their mothers-in-law. If you do not have a child in the rural setting, it is a serious business. This is a Bill that has endorsements from various recognised women’s rights organisations, including Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA). These are strong organisations that protect the rights of women. This is a Bill that seeks to protect the rights of a woman in marriage. If I am unable to conceive, how then can I still keep my marriage and continue to realise a family? We have seen cases of divorce where women do not conceive."
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