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"content": "You can see, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. That is why I told you that the views that you receive from the public would be very interesting. Now, this is even another one, that it is not only the ladies, but there are also men who are waiting for the passage of this Bill, and then they say, now, if I get a child with that good Senator, then my children will be assured of inheriting something. That is the perception that came from the public. Many views will come and I think it is a good debate. It is good to have a law that is certain, so that as temptations come your way, you know beforehand that, that is the position in law. I have no answers to you, Sen. Veronica Maina, but I hope that once you take this Bill through a very intense public participation, you will come up with a Bill that is acceptable to both the men and the women. As you have heard, it cuts both ways. There are men who may benefit, and women who may also benefit. The other point that I found very attractive is the clause that talks about intermeddling. If you have heard stories on widows especially, I do not know about widowers, but I know stories of widows who go through horrendous experiences. You lose your spouse in Nairobi or in Mombasa, and members of the family of your spouse arrive, and they want to start sharing property, household items and the likes. Therefore, it is very good that this Bill is trying to make it very clear that anybody who tries to intermeddle in the property of a deceased person risks facing criminal prosecution. When a person has lost a dear one and they are in that state of mourning, the best that we should do to such a spouse is to be sensitive, to be kind to them, to be understanding, not to take the laws as an opportunity for us to share the properties of a diseased person. Therefore, this is a good proposal; this one, I think, was not very contentious. It was bringing clarity to the law, and it is good to make it clear that if your spouse dies, 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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