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    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, in my view, we must have early registration process where each kid is registered, and the mother and the father give specific information on how we can trace them. We have to know the occupation of those people and their immigration status such that when they leave the country, they can be easily traced. The ratifications need to provide for the traceability of the parent. There are two types of abductions. There is the slavery of children, but we have also seen situations where when parents separate, some of them abduct the children and live with them without informing the other party. How do we treat children when this kind of a situation happens? How do we treat the abductor? The other matter is on jurisdiction. There are very many countries which are not part of the Hague Conventions. When we deal with ratifications like these, we also need to bring this to the attention of Parliament. How do we deal with other countries that are not involved in the Hague Conventions? I know some countries that are not part of the process, but I think that is a discussion for another day. That is because it is not part of this. It is very important that we look at that aspect. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have suffered a lot because I am educating very many children, including the so-called street construction site children. In a community where we are all black, it is very shocking to see some short funny looking characters. You do not know their fathers and those children are just left with their grandfathers and grandmothers. In my view, once a child is born, if the father is around, we must confiscate his documents such that they make a commitment before they leave the country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am also a victim of BATUK. Right now, we have about five cases of cohabitation of girls from our place and those gentlemen have now been transferred. They are back through their proxies to repatriate their properties. This is a very nice legislation, but we need to be very careful on how we are going to implement it. I support it with some amendments, if necessary. Thank you."
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