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    "id": 557084,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/557084/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chepkwony",
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        "legal_name": "Hellen Chelangat Chepkwony",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Motion. The reasoning is that it will help many people to register their marriages. This will only happen if the Government decides to decentralize those services to the sub- counties. We know that in Kenya now, we have devolved most of the activities of the national Government to the counties. If those services are decentralized, we shall get more people getting married. By that, we shall get more revenue because many people will be registering their marriages. According to me, the services should be decentralized because the distance from the homes to the headquarters is very far for some people. Those people need money for travelling there and also for registration. If there will be no decentralization of the services, most of them will just stay without getting married. If they stay like that, we shall have more people staying without getting married. The problem is that in case of death, the spouses are bound to lose their benefits. For example, if a woman dies, she will not be entitled to be buried in the precincts of the husband’s home because they were not legally married. So, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if the services are decentralised, it will allow us to have more marriages and very few “come we stay” issues. Again, the Government will get more revenue from that because more people will register. We need to have people who are legally married to avoid disputes. They should get their certificates. We want to “resolve”, and not to “urge” the Government to decentralise the issuance of marriage certificates. It is not a matter of 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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