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    "id": 1071367,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1071367/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "If you look at the Bill that we have just passed here today, that is, the Law of Succession, that my friend, Hon. Kaluma, proposed in this country where he wants to protect families vis-à-vis this, I do not know… However, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, within the forest of laws that you know, we need to sort out that and let it come out very clearly so that religious organizations or Christian faith do not come and say: “No, this law will not be very good for this country because it goes against the spirit of what a family is.” That needs to be safeguarded so that we have a good law without necessarily being impeded by the religious and societal things that are there. I support this Bill, but I also want to ask something. This Bill will, probably, stop child trafficking. People who are able to go out there and buy children do it because maybe they do not have a child. Child trafficking is becoming a very lucrative business. So, for those people who can afford to spend millions of shillings to buy a child, I also believe that they can spend some money to go for assisted reproductive technology. This will reduce that crime of child trafficking. Therefore, this Bill will sort out a lot of the issues that we have in this country. There are very many families who go through a depressing journey of trying to get a child. When you decide to go for Assisted Reproductive Technology, you have actually set another depressing and frustrating journey because, one, it becomes expensive to travel outside the country. If you want to do it here in the country, it is also very expensive and there is no legal framework. So, if you eventually get a child, you will have to go to court to claim that child to be yours. That is why I think we need to stop. If you are frustrated in getting a child, you should not again be frustrated in trying to get ART services. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I pray that Members support this Bill; the issues that come out are sorted out and we are able to have a law that will help families, and stabilise families in this country."
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