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    "id": 555851,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "marriage. If you look at the new Act and the regulations thereof, you realise that most of our people first do the traditional marriage before they do the formal one. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the requirements, there is need for some evidence to show that two parties are married, but you find that there is some kind of paper work that is involved because both of you have to write a statement and there must be a kind of mark – which I do not know what it means – of people who may have participated. People could attest as witnesses that dowry was paid. This makes the procedure cumbersome. For example, there have been cases where people said that they were customarily married, with other parties disputing the same. Therefore, there is need to sensitise communities to ensure that after they have done the traditional procedure, they formally register their marriage with the Registrar of Marriages. That is something which needs to be looked into."
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