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    "id": 1083537,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083537/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "while the child is expected and then upon birth the mother also dies, what happens? Who deals with this? What law applies? We need to look at the whole scenario. The authority being set up has to be very thorough. It has a very heavy responsibility. Probably, the authority should be endowed with a Fund to take care of situations arising through their approval so that we can make sure that human life is protected and that the dignity of a human being remains intact. We have Part Four with rights of parents, donors and children. Probably, we may be re- looking at the Constitution again so that we have an amendment which takes care of this sort of regime under the Bill of Rights. So, there is a lot of work to be done for this law to come into force, although I know that Hon. Millie Odhiambo is an astute lawyer. We will have people going to court to challenge this law on grounds of it being unconstitutional. It is a duty to all of us here. We are dealing with a very serious matter. We should make sure that, by the time we release this to Kenyans to apply in the jurisdiction of Kenya, at least, it ties up with reasonable practices with the rest of the world so that we do not go into an extreme or we are not in an old regime when dealing with this matter. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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