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    "id": 459117,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/459117/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the new clause which is now Clause 7 and not Clause 7(1) will read as follows:- “Subject to Clause 6(3), ownership of matrimonial property vests in the spouses according to the contribution of either spouse towards it acquisition and shall be divided equally between the spouses if they divorce or their marriage is otherwise dissolved.” The reason we are proposing the deletion of Clause 7(2) is because it is inconsistent with the marriage itself. You know you are asking spouses that if we disagree in the house concerning ownership of a particular property that we got during the subsistence of that marriage, we can go to court and arbitrate over it and still come back and remain as married. The courts that we have are adversarial in nature and it is about “winner takes all”. It is not a fifty per cent thing; it is not a win-win situation. So, we are saying that we delete this because it is inconsistent with marriage. You are asking people to---"
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