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    "id": 205163,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/205163/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 361,
        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I stand to oppose this amendment. But I would like, as I am opposing, to request hon. Members to look at my proposed amendment which may be coming after this one. It is contained on page 11 of the Order Paper. I agree with the hon. Member for Siakago Constituency that this particular Section does discriminate against men. It is true that this law has been in our books for a long time. It is important that laws in this country apply both to women and men equally. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the reason I want to oppose this amendment is because this Section of the law is about fraud. Fraud is a very serious thing whether it is between men and women or employers and employees. Therefore, let us not wish away the fact that, we will want to do away with the offence of fraud. What is important is for us to amend this Section, so that we also state that any woman who commits fraud by causing a man to believe that she wants to marry him and forces the man in those circumstances to have sex with her, she should also be guilty of a felony. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this is a very serious issue in terms of family values- --"
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