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    "id": 1125198,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am a bit uncomfortable with the proposed amendment by Hon. Shamalla. The gist of the amendment precludes single persons from undertaking assisted reproduction. When I listened to many of the Members as they spoke during the Second Reading, they indicated that we need to give an opportunity to single persons. I will give an example of a woman who is married and then her husband dies. She does not want to remarry, yet would want to have child. Why would we deny such a person an opportunity to have a child? However, I know where Jennifer is coming from. The provisions that have been proposed by the Committee are very clear. The Constitution is also very clear about the issues of concern to her and it uses the words “female” and “male”. That is why she is using the word “couple”. We should not exclude single people, but also not go in the direction that she is worried about. Jennifer should rethink her amendment so that we do not exclude single people who, due to unfortunate circumstances, are unable to have children yet they want to."
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