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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Motion by Hon. Injendi Malulu. It is a very important Motion considering that we only have 12 centres that issue marriage certificates in the whole country. This is hardly devolved. This Motion is urging the Government to open such centres within the sub-counties or, in essence, at the constituency level. This will make it much easier for the public to access that very important document. It will make it both accessible and affordable. In this country, there are areas where people have difficulties to reach in terms of terrain and transportation. It is very difficult for people to get such services when we have not devolved them. Currently, considering that we passed the Marriage Bill in April, 2014, which was assented to by the President in May, we want to make sure that, that service is much accessible, whether under the customary law, the church, civil marriage or Islamic law. This is a very important Motion that needs to be supported, so that we can make the marriage certificates much accessible to our constituents. They can do it at the constituency level. We can walk there and have it done in a proper way. It will also make it much easier for the community to raise whatever issues that they would like to raise. More often, if you are going to do it in a distance place, you may find that, for example, somebody is marrying somebody else’s wife. So, it makes it more difficult for somebody to know what is happening if it is done at a faraway place where there are no means of communication. Even if the notice is put on the notice board at the headquarters where the 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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