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    "id": 1439948,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " As a matter of principle, since I came here in the 12th Parliament, I have always had reservations about Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bills. They are miscellaneous but mischievous. The mischief has always been apparent once the Bill is completed as required by the law. The Bill as published has very fundamental amendments to the law. Some go to the core of various Bills of rights and the Constitution of Kenya. It does not meet the threshold of a miscellaneous Bill to rectify minor changes. Let me start with the Amendment to the Children Act No.29 of 2022, which proposes to delete Section 186(4) of the Principal Act. I totally oppose it on the following grounds. First, the way Section 4 is styled gives some kind of protection against child abuse. Ordinarily, child abuse is inevitably in many cases perpetuated by men. Allowing the courts to allow a sole applicant who is a male to adopt a child regardless of whether it is a relative or not is a precursor for abusing that child. I cannot fathom why a drafter would want to do this and put a Kenyan child in harm. I oppose and will make amendments to that law accordingly. The amendments to the Scrap Metal Act are long overdue because of the issue of critical national infrastructure. The definition of critical national infrastructure has been inserted and expanded. Many Kenyans suffer vandalism, either of the railway line, guard rails, electrical installations and all those kinds of things. Styling them as national critical infrastructure and burying their trade other than the designated state agencies is the right way forward. We conversely introduce the issue of monopolistic practices in the market. In the wisdom of the Departmental 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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