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    "id": 555853,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/555853/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13129,
        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "I was personally shocked when I wanted to register my intention to get married because I did not know that I had to give a 21-days notice and pay some money. There was a long queue at the Office of Attorney General (AGs). After you have given the 21- days notice, you have to provide some documents, including the number of the certificates from the minister – which you will sign later. You have to give a three- months notice. The funny thing about it is that you cannot give that notice if it is more than three months. If you have more time, you are required to wait until it is exactly three months to the wedding. That is when you can be given the certificate. You have to wait and go back to get the certificate, get the documents from the church and communicate that certificate to the church minister. It is really cumbersome. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, noting that there are only 12 State Law Offices, it means you will spend a lot of time. You need to be there very early in the morning. If you were to do a quick distribution of counties, one State Law Office would serve at least four counties since the number of the counties is 47. That means quite a number of Kenyans might not access these services in good time. The level of awareness amongst those who have intention to get married is low. I want to say without fear or favour that the law scrutinises the Christian marriage more than it does a Hindu and Muslim marriage. As I said earlier, it puts a kind of premium on the traditional forms of marriage which are the most common because sometimes people say that they just started living together, and that they do not know when they got married. 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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