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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I cannot agree more, but it is for both gender. What this Bill seeks to do is to qualify in no uncertain terms what relationship qualifies for a marriage and it is critical. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in legal practice I have had to deal with so many matters, particularly in the area of succession where you get the truly married spouse is marrying a deceased spouse, but in Nairobi in the High Court another woman, mainly female gender, is petitioning for administration of the estate. Of course, this is something which has wrecked so many families. So, I am happy and I agree with the hon. Member that for once we are developing a law for this country which does not just codify all laws which treat the issue of marriage, but which is clearly defining who qualifies to claim benefits which can only come from a marital institutions in either succession or in maintenance. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the area of maintenance we have so many people, particularly members of the female gender, now seeking maintenance in the pretext of seeking maintenance for their children. Of course, it has been terrible. So, for once we are doing a law as Parliament which tells people that if you want to go into the institution of marriage, this is the way to go. If you are out of it, you are out of it and keep off all those benefits. The marriage laws in this country are so many. It is currently difficult for a person seeking to know under what system of law they should fall into to deal with the issue of marriage, to know where to go. I am happy that for once we are seeking to codify one single law. In fact, I was reading the memorandum to the Bill and I realized that we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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