{"id":1504024,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1504024/?format=json","text_counter":536,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":null,"content":"mandate, say, even if we were to give it to a village health centre… That mandate needs to lie somewhere by law. So, what I need to know is where this mandate lies. I indicate, yet again, that surrogacy is a component of this Bill. The main component of this Bill is not just surrogacy. There are many women who I talked to when I started this process, who have carried children of their own with challenges without surrogacy. So, it is not about surrogacy. If we do not provide that framework, a lot of couples will end up being exploited. I recently learned, when I was having a discussion somewhere, of two very prominent people who are having the same problem. There is no proper regulation and framework. So, for that reason, people get taken advantage of. I want to encourage… In any event, I see our time is less."}