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    "id": 519481,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/519481/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
    "speaker_title": "The Temporary Deputy Chairman",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal, while you are still at the microphone, the Constitution itself is very clear. Do not even go to legislation. The Constitution is self-executionary in respect of this. It says that every child has a right over all those things you have said. In sub-section (2) it says that a child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. In questions of custody or responsibility, where the court of law has to rule on who has custody, the court of law will be guided and cannot go away from the best interests of the child. The Constitution says so. Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal, I know that as a paediatrician you may think that mothers, when they have custody, will invariably look after the best interests of the child, which is true in many cases. However, you can also have a mother, who, for some very good reasons, may not undertake that custody and a guardian, not even the father of the child, like you as a paediatrician, may have the custody of a child in line with the best interests of the child."
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