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    "id": 1091950,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091950/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "As I said, if any MP – God forbid – dies without a will, then their wives or daughters will be subjected to customary laws. Customary laws, while very useful, tend to insubordinate cultural norms, especially women and girls. Therefore, to protect them, we must make sure that the laws that exist provide this protection for women. The law also gives priority to fathers over mother by expressly granting them precedence to inherit a deceased child’s property whenever the intestacy leaves no surviving spouse or children. Again, if somebody dies today, it will give precedence to the father to inherit the property of the child. Which is fine because the father also deserves to inherit and we applaud that. However, it should give equal rights to each parent because it means then that until the father dies, the woman will have no access to her children’s property. It also discriminates against widows in that they lose their life interest upon re- marriage while widowers are not required to do so. If a widow remarries and has contributed to the interest or property, then she loses because she has remarried. If the widower remarries, that does not affect him. We see those discriminations. To remarry is a right and people have a right to choose a partner and remarry. For a woman, that is a disqualification for them to access what they have worked for in the previous marriage. It is not the case for widowers."
}