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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "I have seen how my brothers have laughed here and they look like serious defenders of these amendments. They look a bit guilty, but I will interrogate each one of them on their personal laws, belief system and the company they are keeping around them. This is because, when then a wife does not anticipate another woman coming to compete for the husband's attention or estate, they were very concerned about these amendments. One of the concerns was: Are you now introducing strangers to our homes? The women will feel these are strangers. They may as well be strangers to the women, but not strangers to the men in those homes. I had to quickly assure them that it is not the woman who is coming in for the estate of the deceased; it is the child who has been fathered through the paternity of that man. What does that mean? When a man now decides to keep an affair out there, they must understand the full consequences of that affair. That, if you decide to father another child, you will bear the weight of that responsibility, not just now, but even to the next level. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is very vocal about this subject, and I will not disclose the number of wives he has. What this amendment is also doing is the fact that, as it stands now, we all know how busy the Children's Court is. This is because, once a man fails to provide for any child who he has fathered, they usually have a redress under the Children's Act. That is already happening and maintenance is being done openly or secretly for those children who have been fathered by different potential defendants, maybe even in this House. So, what the Law of Succession is now doing is taking away the confusion that we have seen in burial ceremonies and in funerals. When a person has passed on, there is another one who runs to court to stop the burial until issues are determined. It may as well be that when these amendments are effected, you will have less lawsuits of stopping burials. Like we have always said, there may be no assets in a dead body, but since many people may not understand that, they normally first run to stop the burial, saying that all the issues must be resolved. Part of the issues they will seek a resolution on will be how the rights of a child will be catered for because the man lying in this casket is the father of this child. What these amendments will do will be to pause anybody who is running to stop a burial and make them know that there is legal protection for the child, not for the wife. This is because the Law of Succession has defined who is recognized as a wife. If you are 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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