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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cynthia Muge",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion on the Floor of this House today. From the onset, I want say that I oppose this Motion in the strongest terms possible. Since I got a notification from a very gracious lady who shares the contents of the Order Paper, I have spent the better part of this morning looking for the exact wordings in those treaties so that I can make a very informed decision. I have taken my time, in my own way, to read through those particular writings. I want to say that this Ratification is something that has been brought to this House covered in a different colour, while it means something in another colour. Having gone through these particular treaties, I want to say this: they do not address the underlying issues of the challenges that we are facing as parents in terms of child upkeep. It is giving power to some other quarters, that we are not aware of, to control us from a different place. It is an opportunity for this House to refuse this saying: ‘‘The hand that feeds you, controls you.’’ We no longer want other different hands feeding us and, therefore, we have to refuse that control. This country has better and more progressive laws that can protect our parental responsibilities and children in terms of upkeep. Therefore, I want to urge all the Members that they have been given a responsibility to come to this House to legislate and make decisions on behalf of millions of Kenyans out there. It is, therefore, our responsibility to make progressive decisions on the Floor of the House on behalf of the people of Kenya. One of those progressive decisions is to reject this Ratification in totality. This will help us embrace our own policies and laws, and ensure that we implement them without borrowing what we do not even need. 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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