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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Were",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Aoko Were",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On the outset, let me say that I support the Bill. As the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, I can tell this House that hon. Kaluma appeared before us. We looked at this Bill at length. On the concerns raised by hon. Members, as a Committee, we are coming up with a rider. We accept hon. Kaluma’s amendments but there is a proposal that the mother of an infant shall have parental responsibility in the first instance, but nothing shall stop a court of law from awarding such responsibility to the father in the second instance, or any other suitable person, if it is in the best interest of the child, provided that the provision does not deny or interfere with the parental responsibilities of either parent. We are also proposing that the father or mother of child may be denied their parental responsibility of the child on the ground of cruelty, insanity or child neglect. With those remarks, I beg to support with the proposed amendments."
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