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"content": "since we have accepted to do it; I also feel that after the passage of this Bill, we need to empower people or create awareness for everybody to know what it entails to get married, so that once one chooses to get married, he can stay in the marriage comfortably and enjoy what one went to look for in marriage. If we do that, the problems that we are talking about will not be there because the Bill is very clear. It is a choice that one is going to make. If during courtship I accept that we are going to do customary marriage, I will know that another woman will join the marriage. So, people will be conscious of that fact. If I want a Christian marriage, I will have to say so to my man at that time. I will also assist my daughter to make the right choice. I will advise her that if she goes one way, it will be good for her and that if she goes the other way, she will eventually have a co-wife. So, it will also depend on what I like. If we come from traditional families, and we intend to do things in the traditional way, it will be okay. Therefore, with the passage of this Bill, we will be assured that things will be done in the right way. As our Majority Whip said, gay marriages are not allowed by our Constitution. According to Article 45(2), marriage is allowed between persons of the opposite sex – between a man and a woman. There is something I am worried about. Clause 57 says that the Cabinet Secretary may, in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, make regulations for registration of any other type of marriage not provided for under this Act. I was wondering what kind of marriage is implied by this provision. It would actually be against the Constitution to allow any other kind of marriage. I would, therefore, like to call upon my colleagues to support this Bill and pass it so that we can be of age in terms of restructuring marriage in this country, knowing that marriage is the foundation of everything. If there is peace and harmony in our marriages, we will talk about development and unity for our nation. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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