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    "id": 1237370,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children; and, (c) International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance. Hon Speaker, I noted that several Members supported while others opposed the ratification of the three conventions noting their significance in protecting the children of this country as provided for under Article 53 of the Constitution. Yesterday, I noted Hon. Oundo and Hon. Kaluma raised several issues, including the question of why as a country, we need to ratify the convention in light of Article 53 of the Constitution which already provides for the rights of the children, and recently we enacted the Children Act of 2022. Hon. Speaker, allow me to inform the Members that in preparing the report, we were not only guided by the Treaty Making and Ratification Act 2022 but we also combed through the entire Constitution and the Children Act of 2022. All the Hague Convention Act is doing, is to assist our women, children and men who may have orders issued by a Kenyan court relating to custody, access to parental responsibility and maintenance. So, those orders are recognised in other countries through the Office of the Attorney-General, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our foreign mission to facilitate the execution of the court orders. Therefore, the conventions comply with the Constitution and the United Nations Convention on Children’s Rights which we are members as a country. It is also notable that the committee was also guided by the advice of the Office of the Attorney-General in making its report in relation to the Constitution and registration implication of the..."
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