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    "id": 1237158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We were worried that the debate was being hijacked by our female colleagues and yet, the process leading to the birth of a child is a two-way traffic; it is very unlikely to happen one-way traffic, at least, not in the conventional or traditional way. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children; and the Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance are being presented here pursuant to the relevant Article of the Constitution that requires any convention or treaty to be ratified in this country for it to be part and parcel of the laws of Kenya. Standing Order No.216, likewise, compels the National Assembly to process any treaty that is presented before it. We have raised these concerns in the past that the Treaty Making Act is designed in such a way that it never gives the people of Kenya specifically, any chance to review and enrich the various treaties and conventions. It is given as it is, take it as it is and the most drastic aspect is that you either approve or reject it. But since it contains some positives concerning the people of Kenya, we have tended to approve it in its entirety even though there could be points of objections."
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