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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this very progressive Bill. However, even as I support the Bill, I would want us to be a bit conscious on the approach we are giving to this Bill because some of the provisions contained in this Bill are prone to abuse. Those are the provisions we should be looking at during the Committee of the whole House and propose appropriate amendments. Otherwise, the Bill seeks to address the provisions of the Constitution, particularly Article 45, on family and protection. It just gives a legal framework to enforce such protection, particularly in the changed circumstances of what we would call a “family”. The family is not the traditional family of a man and a woman and their children. We have other arrangements which constitute a union. We have foster children and step children. We have adoptions. We have people who live with their relatives within their 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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