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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "You get the quality at the conception because also you do not want to have men who are shooting blanks. We want men who are shooting “live bullets” because I have heard some women Senators saying here that men do not care about women. We care, but how will you get pregnant without men who can shoot “live bullets” and ensure that you get pregnant? The other day we fired our chairperson who was Mr. Stephen Letoo. We have given chairman Hon. Oparanya, the former governor to be the chairperson of the men's conference, so that some of these issues we can highlight during the men's conference. The point that I am trying to make is that this is a conversation we cannot have in isolation. It is also about the one-third gender rule. I want to call upon my colleagues, female or women Senators, that let us have a conversation where we rally men and women together so that we work. We want a father who is loving. Article 53 talks about parental care. When you look at the Children's Act No.29 of 2022 and I was lucky to be taught about the children and the law by my good brother and my mentor, Professor Wabwire, who taught us about the Children's law. We need men and women; we need fathers and mothers because when a child is born, the Constitution talks about parental care in Article 53. We should stop this misnomer that the business of a man ends after impregnating a woman. We should also know that the role of the father continues beyond the pregnancy. I saw somebody say that men only come in when they see their wives or women getting pregnant and they are being told a child is born. That is not true. There are many men in this city and across the country that are accompanying their women to antenatal clinics and are even taking care of the children.This is a conversation that involves everyone. We must appreciate the fact that women play a critical role. According to research, we have been told that children who do not have a father figure end up with some weird behaviors. We have been told that on several occasions. The father figure is an authority and that is why the drafters of the Constitution--- I am not casting aspersions on single parents, either single fathers or mothers. What I am putting across is that the father figure and parental responsibility is a joint effort; it is a 50-50 effort. We want to urge men, especially people who are yet to get married, who are yet to start procreating, like Sen. Oketch Gicheru, to learn these things from the elders, like some of us. We have our brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale who can be of great help because I know his expertise goes beyond what I have seen and imagined. That is the essence; we must agree and have a shared conversation. I read the Children's Act and realized that Sen. Ogola was right. As a senior lawyer in this country, I am aware that the Children's Act extrapolates Article 53 of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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