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    "id": 483810,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we speak right now, men and women in our country do not have the same earning capacity. We, as women representatives, are very worried about the implications of this law when it talks about equal protection. I am hoping that the Member for Homa Bay is not saying that when a Member of Parliament gets a child with a woman of low means such as a housewife, hawker or business lady they will each be expected to put on the table Kshs.70,000, because that is indeed what “equal” means. We are hoping that the judges who will interpret this law will do justice. We want all children, whether born in or out of wedlock to be treated equally by the law. If that is what we mean, then it is fine. If “equal” means that the mother and father protect children equally, then that argument is going to be wrong. So, as Caucus 47 and Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) we are going to look at this Bill with experts. We are going to look at it carefully because if it is going to require women of our country; poor women to be subjected to equal responsibility, then it is not going to pass the test of law. However, if it means equal in terms of children born in or out of wedlock, it is fine."
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