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    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you, Hon. James Nyikal, for the great insights into this Bill. This assisted reproductive technology has been ongoing for the longest time. It is just that it has been happening behind closed doors, possibly under the table. Sometimes, it happens outside the country. Originally, the people involved would think that it is a big secret and, therefore, do it in the underworld. Partly, the result has been that the price is extremely high in terms of money paid. In fact, the Member for Kisumu East would have spoken on this pricing a little more. He can agree with me that the pricing is sometimes too high and not affordable for ordinary citizens who are still suffering or have such a challenge and cannot access that service. Therefore, mainstreaming and introducing a regulatory body that is dealing with assisted reproductive technology will demystify the stigma associated with it. Once mainstreamed, it will be easily accessible at a reasonable price, even for low-income families who cannot afford the service. But above all, the Bill will help manage the system because several risks may arise from this. This Bill tries to mitigate the many risks that are likely to occur from those who benefit from assisted reproductive technology. There is a point which I should have brought last, but I will raise it now. This is the fact that we have to look at this assisted reproductive technology very carefully. As we mainstream and regulate the sector, we should remember that we may end up with a population of new humans that will not necessarily have attachment to their parents. They will grow up, know themselves, and start associating among themselves. In the same way, if one is a Luhya from western Kenya or the Kikuyu tribe or Luo, they will get their name for their tribe, which will also exist. They will demand certain rights and spaces and so on. They will form unions, like the teachers' union where I belong. They will also form political parties. They will be a force in this country. Hon. Nyikal has spoken very strongly about the multiplicity of this technology. So, they can multiply very fast. If they multiply fast enough, especially if they do not kill the embryos as we shall be doing within the Bill, they will grow to a much bigger population and do away with this other population that otherwise uses the normal reproductive system. Those are some of the imaginations of assisted reproductive technology. You must look at this Bill from a very imaginative position. It is beyond what we see now. The Bill is also very important. As Hon. Nyikal has explained, the scientists and researchers are also likely, unless controlled by regulation, to produce even a superhuman being – who will be a merge of certain sperms either from the men and possibly other animals. Those researchers have all those sperms not only for humans, but also for other creatures. They can even produce a superhuman who will start cannibalising the existing human beings. I hope you understand what I mean. This is beyond what you think. Assisted reproductive health can go 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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