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    "id": 519346,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
    "speaker_title": "The Temporary Deputy Chairman",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Member for Ndhiwa, you cannot have a point of order on a point of order. There is already a point of order that we are dealing with. Can we dispose of this one first? This is an issue that we can easily dispose of. First of all, we are in Committee of the whole House. It means that this Bill has been processed through the normal conveyor belt in the House. It has gone through pre-publication and scrutiny. Therefore, questions of constitutionality, or otherwise, have been carefully and meticulously handled. It then came to this House for First Reading and Second Reading and was debated extensively. Hon. Members made their views on pros and cons known. We are now in the Committee of the whole House to simply clean up the language and the text of the Bill. However, as to whether it is unconstitutional, I agree with the Member for Kipipiri that what the Bill seeks to do should conform to the Constitution. Article 53 (1) (e) of the Constitution states:- “53(1)(e) Every child has a right to parental care and protection, which includes equal responsibility of the mother and father to provide for the child, whether they are married to each other or not.”"
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