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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Chairman, the reason as to why I propose this amendment is for the help of everybody who wants surrogacy because this is what this Bill is all about. I start by clarifying that in some jurisdictions, it is called Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill while in others, it is merely called Assisted Reproduction Bill. In several others, it is just called Surrogacy Bill. There is nothing new. This is what surrogacy is all about. This clause proposes the establishment of a directorate. Looking at the Health Act 2017, the directorate, in terms of the proposed functions which we will see later, is largely to license the medics who will be involved in that practice and also the surrogacy clinics providing procedures for surrogacy. It offers supervision. I appeared before the Committee and I said we already have a body in that Act called the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council, which does all that. So, I propose to delete Clause 5 so that there is no need to create a directorate. In later provisions, those roles will all be falling under the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Council, which is already a statutory body with that mandate."
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