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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also make some comments on this Bill. At the outset, I want to say that I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Health. Therefore, the comments that have been given by both my Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson are what we discussed in the Committee. I will just be adding to what our two leaders in the Committee have said. What we are saying is not that this Bill is of no use. This Bill is very useful. We agree with the contents of the Bill. It is just its format that we have a problem with. What we felt as a Committee is that this Bill just looks at one narrow aspect of our reproductive health. We felt that perhaps we should have a Bill that is a bit wider that will look at various other aspects. It is not just with this Bill. We have taken this stand even in other areas where, for example, we have received proposals or Bills that address a particular disease. We have had proposed Bills on diabetes, cancer and malaria. The way we were looking at it is that if we encourage and allow this then every disease will have its own Bill. It is in that consideration that we took that stand. However, I am encouraged by what the Mover, hon. Millie, has said. She has said that she is ready and willing to sit with the Committee and continue the discussion. That is a good thing. I would encourage her to do that. We have in the past sat with her and discussed. As a Committee, we shall still be very happy to sit with her and discuss this. We also looked at the financial support for this activity. We felt that for the intentions and objectives of this Bill to succeed, it needs to be supported adequately. We The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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