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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "hon. member for Makueni has indicated, those regulations should now be done by the Attorney- General (AG), so that we can have a good law in place. We also need to note that the Act also recognizes foreign marriages. Such marriages can be conducted at our embassies and consulates abroad. The Registrar of Marriages can appoint officers even in those embassies who can issue marriage certificates without any hindrances. Many Members have also talked about the fees charged for marriage certificates. For sure, getting a wife should not be just a walk in the park. The fee, which is almost Kshs1,000 is reasonable depending on where people come from. Some of us pay up to 50 head of cattle to get a wife. Therefore, to get a certificate worth Kshs1,000 is not expensive. In order to get a good wife, you must be ready to pay the price. Actually, that is the sweetness of any marriage. If you are given those people free of charge, you would really abuse them. The certificate, according to me, should be made as dear as the wife. So, I might differ on that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this House has urged the Government in so many circumstances. In so many cases, we have been urging the Government. We have been urging and begging the Government. Urging is actually like begging. Therefore, in this Motion as indicated by my colleagues, we should ask the House to come up with a resolution so that we do not waste a lot of time doing talk-shows. The result is that the implementation of the Motions will become a problem. We know that there are many under-currents in the systems which are looking down upon this House. Therefore, we need to pass laws which can stand the test of time. We should pass laws which, when they go to the mandarins of the Executive and people who are out there to frustrate this House, they are implemented. With those few remarks, I want to support this Motion. Thank you."
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