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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It is unfortunate that hon. Mule did not consult me before the proposed deletion of my amendments. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you have spoken to the matter I needed to clarify to the nation which, indeed, I did through the previous stages. Article 50(1)(e) of the Constitution speaks to how a child should be taken care of. The most important thing is that it matters not whether the parents of that child are married. It matters not and they should be treated equally. The good thing about this Bill is that in our practice, the proposed amendments to a Bill are published. I would like to refer hon. Members to page 2237 of the Bill, in terms of how the Children Act seeks to treat those constitutional provisions. I would like hon. Members to look at the current Section 24 (2), so that we can have a quick concession on this important matter. The provisions relating to children born within a marriage are there. If you go to Section 24(3), those are the provisions relating to children born out of marriage. Do you see any difference? What I have done is to pick word for word the provisions for children born within marriage and given them to children born out of marriage. It is word for word, in the manner the Constitution prescribes. I am saying that you have the duty to provide for your children in the same manner. Children are vulnerable persons, whether or not their parents are married. That is what the Bill is seeking to provide for."
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