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    "id": 1106104,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I am glad that this Bill has been brought before this House by Sen. Halake for several reasons. First, I have been carrying out some seminars in Murang’a County to teach the law of succession to mainly the clergy. I have dealt with these issues on a day to day basis. I recall last week, on Wednesday or so, I was with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Women Guild at Maganjo, Kamahuha, that is, in Maragua Constituency. I was with the entire Murang’a North Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Mothers Union. I was teaching them this law of succession. Madam Temporary Speaker, I recall I was in Kenol Cathedral of the Anglican Church, Murang’a South, led by Bishop Karanu. Again, this was the topic. I also had the opportunity to teach law of succession to the women at Kiriani in Murang’a North, Mathioya Constituency, at ACK. This was the topic where I was trying to teach Murang’a people, particularly the clergy, salient features of the law of succession. The reason I did that is an appreciation that almost 95 per cent of Murang’a land is titled. Therefore, we have a lot of intra and inter-family disputes arising out of the law of succession. Therefore, I feel that if our people are to understand the various features of law of succession, we can reduce intra-family disputes on matters land. I am happy that somehow this Bill has been brought before us, so that we can improve on it. Madam Temporary Speaker, I agree with the Mover. This Bill was passed way back in 1981; that is about 40 years ago. That is when the primary statute was enacted into law by the National Assembly. There have been a lot of changes over the years. In 1981 the Constitution that was prevailing then was the 1969 Constitution. Now, we have a brand new Constitution called 2010 Constitution of Kenya. It has introduced a raft of new ideas and notions. Therefore, once you enact a Constitution and introduce new principles, it means then you have to review statutes, which we did. We introduced a new land law. You"
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