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    "id": 1146974,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1146974/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in clause 2 – (a) by deleting the definition of the term “abandoned” and substituting therefor the following new definition - “abandoned” in relation to a child means a child - (a) who has been deserted by the parent, guardian or caregiver; or, (b) whose parent, guardian or caregiver has willfully failed to make contact with the child for a period of more than six months. However, I have a further amendment - that, instead of providing for six months, it should be for a year to go in tandem with the amendments that we did yesterday. The reason for this is that the way Part (b) is phrased, it is problematic since the parent may have not made contact due to ill health or due to work in a difficult or war torn area. There should also be willfulness on the part of the parent to fail to make contact with the child. Yesterday, I gave an example of where we actually dealt with a matter when I was still in the civil society. The guardians were not able to make contact with the children because they were extremely poor, and the child had been placed a bit far. So, sometimes, there needs to be willfulness for us to assume abandonment."
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