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    "id": 1083553,
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    "speaker_name": "Narok West, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gabriel Tongoyo",
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        "legal_name": "Gabriel Koshal Tongoyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to be very brief. I have also understood the concern of Hon. Washiali. I just want to put a few words on this Bill, which is a very important Bill that was presented to the Departmental Committee on Health where I sit. First and foremost, I congratulate Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona for bringing such a Bill. It is timely. The whole world has embraced technology and Kenya is not an exception. The Reproductive Bill, 2019, seeks to establish an authority. The Hon. Member has done a bit of research on this topic. We have been informed that Kenya has an infertility rate of about 12 per cent. Establishment of such an authority to regulate the assisted reproductive technology will go a long way to help curb this problem. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in some of the communities where we come from, we know the importance of a child. In many cases, the intention of every family during marriage is to give birth to children. In many cases, if this fails to happen, the wife mostly becomes the victim of isolation, stigma and even at times violence without establishing the cause. Even some situations of child trafficking occur probably because of such a situation. So, the establishment of such an authority to regulate reproductive technology will help us, as a country, in such a situation. So, I support this Bill. As a country, we stand to benefit most, then the women of Kenya and the couples in general. We can be able to solve a little bit of some of the problems that we have in our societies. My colleague from Narok, Hon. David ole Sankok, has talked about how, in some of our communities that we come from, the child does not have a particular parent. He may have biologically but socially, a child belongs to all of us. By helping this, we are going a long way to make sure that such problems are solved in the society and, probably, enhance peaceful and harmonious families. This is a timely Bill. We should embrace it as a country. I thank you."
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