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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate hon. Laboso for bringing this Bill to this House. Indeed, I want to indicate that when I came to Parliament, we shared with hon. Laboso that I had an interest in a similar Bill. Hon. Namwamba coincidentally had a similar interest. I did intimate to hon. Laboso that I will let my interest cease so long as she promises that she will pursue it to the logical conclusion. So, I want to thank hon. Laboso for living up to her promise and for doing an excellent job by bringing this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a personal interest in this Bill because this is the work that my mum did all her life. She passed on last year and so, for me, by passing this Bill, I feel very honoured that the work that my mum did all her life is furthered through this Bill. Indeed, being my mother’s child, I am very passionate about the issues of social assistance, especially to vulnerable persons. Even though I am a lawyer, I did my Masters in Public Interest Law, which is a law that primarily seeks to protect vulnerable groups such as children, women, persons with disability and elderly persons amongst other persons who are vulnerable in the society. Therefore, I am really gratified and happy that hon. Laboso has taken this initiative. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill gives effect to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on the Rights of the Child and Convention and elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child amongst others that hon. Laboso mentioned. It also gives effect to Article 43 of the Constitution, part of Article 100 and all the other articles of the Constitution that have to do with women and children."
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