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    "id": 1157151,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1157151/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Keiyo South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Rono",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kipkogei Rono",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to weigh in on this Bill. It is a weighty Bill. First and foremost, I was not around when the Building Bridges Initiative was finally buried. Allow me to congratulate the Judiciary for a job well done at the Supreme Court. We hope that it dies forever. Meanwhile, anybody who might wish to resurrect it should follow its fate. Every child has a right. Even as we take care of them and look at their rights, we should not deny them the right to international adoption. There are good and bad people in this world. There are bad people here in Kenya and all over the world. If children had a right to choose, they can choose to be adopted in any country they want. But because they cannot choose now, we should make laws that can guide the issues of adoption, their rights and education. The Committee has extended the moratorium for international adoption to 20 years. I am against that and I think we should bring amendments on this. Whereas you have said that this should continue as per the Act in place, this should only be until such a time that proper rules and regulations are put in place, as the Chairman has rightfully said. I support that because for example, South Africa, which the Chair has referred to, has put proper regulations on issues to do with children’s welfare and adoption. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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