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    "id": 452243,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/452243/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I first want to thank hon. (Eng.) Gumbo because I wanted to explain. Chair, if you look at Article 45(3) of the Constitution and you look at Islamic marriages, the registration we are talking about is the registration under the director or the registrar we are going to establish. That does not fall within the Islamic concept of marriage. I want to make it very clear and I am sure my colleagues, the Muslims who are here, can attest to that. A marriage in Islam is independent of registration. That should be basic. In the far-flung constituency where I live, two people can marry each other in a mosque and that becomes a marriage. So, from the outset - and I want my colleagues to agree with me - a marriage in Islam is independent of registration. Secondly and more fundamentally, failure to register does not invalidate an Islamic marriage. That is very important and I want hon. Kaluma to understand me. From where I come from, if you do not register, that does not invalidate your marriage. If we do not amend this, then that means that if somebody gets married in a mosque and he has not registered with the so-called either director or registrar in this Bill, then you are telling me, the people in the far-flung areas who are under the Islamic law---. The Constitution is very clear. The Chief Kadhi deals with three aspects of Islamic law, marriage, dowry--- So, for us - and I want to make it clear to you - failure to register does not invalidate an Islamic marriage."
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