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    "id": 519357,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/519357/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
        "slug": "irungu-kangata"
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    "content": "was no marriage or cohabitation for one year, then it was easy for the person who had fathered that child to escape liability on the basis of provisions which exist in the Children Act. With the enactment of the new Constitution, that changed. Article 53 says that whether the child is born in a marriage, cohabitation or not, they have equal rights. However, the Children Act has not changed. Once we effect these provisions, what will be the practical effect? It will mean that children who are born out of marriage will get equal recognition in law as those children born in a marriage. It will mean that as a man or woman, you are going to be obligated to support your child in an equal manner. The ultimate beneficiary of the amendment is the child who is sired outside marriage. As people with good heart for our children, we should want such kind of a situation. The final aspect, which is very crucial, is that there were provisions in the Children Act under which, for instance, as a man, you had a child outside marriage, but you felt you had the financial capability to maintain that child better than the mother. We have situations where a woman gets a child and does not have financial resources to take care of that child, but the man has that capability. They would hide under the law to ensure that you do not access that child. This is going to change and we will have equal access to such child. I support."
}