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    "id": 519959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is very gratifying and good to see this House engaging in our primary mandate which is legislation. It is good to see very good pieces of legislation passing through this House. This is a fantastic piece of legislation; fantastic in my mind for two reasons. One, it is very much in line with the new constitutional spirit. Our new Constitution has now erased the social hierarchy between man and woman; between the two genders. We are saying that the social order in this country is that man and woman are equal. They have equal opportunity. They bear equal responsibility and it is good to see this kind of legislation that brings to life that reality. Therefore, I want to congratulate and commend hon. Member for Homa Bay Town, my learned friend, for bringing this Bill. It also spreads the risks in terms of parental responsibility that both mother and father will bear responsibility. Of course, we all know that it takes two to tango; you cannot tango alone and bring life into being. If it takes two to tango to create a life, it certainly should take two to tango in terms of the responsibility to raise the offspring. Therefore, I support this Bill."
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