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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. When I look at the Jubilee Manifesto, it really focuses on the family. One of the things that it said was that the family will be the cornerstone of the society. That is very factual everywhere in the world. Without a strong family foundation, there is no strong society. Without a strong society, there is no strong nation. We have to ensure that our families are strong. The way to do that is through marriage. There is no family without marriage, otherwise, it will be just “come-we-stay” and you leave whenever you want. When you have a concrete marriage which is sealed by a marriage certificate, it shows that you have stood together and have declared your interest and commitment to stay together for life. That is where everything starts. It beats logic when the Jubilee Government’s Manifesto focuses on a strong family and yet, we are trying to make it really difficult for our young men and women to declare their interest and seal their unity through marriage. We should not make marriage a privilege for a few. This has been a problem in this country. Instead of looking at the 80 per cent of the people who are poor in this nation, we are looking at the 20 per cent who are rich. Marriage has become a privilege. When young men want to get married, they are already worried about where they will get the dowry. They are already worried about how to please a woman for her to see that they have money. If you do not have money right now, nobody will marry you. After all that, 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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