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    "id": 557124,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "and expensive, the long and short of it is that not many people are going to acquire those certificates. That is because it will become increasingly difficult to get them. For those people who are married abroad, it would also be prudent to have the embassies or consulates abroad act as agencies of the Registrar of Marriages. If two Kenyans are married abroad, they do not have to come to Kenya to register their marriage. This can be done in the consulates and embassies abroad. It will make it easier for them to do that. For marriages that are done in gardens and outside the churches, the charge of Kshs50,000 is very exorbitant. But the people would have the option of going to church to do the same. I support this Motion and I wish the Mover of the Motion would even go further to bring an amendment to the Marriage Act. That would be more compelling. If in the Act, for example, we provided for agencies or Registrar of Persons at the local and sub-constituency levels, that would be more effective. Whenever you move a Motion, it does not compel. It only urges. However, if we were to amend the real statute which is the Marriage Act, this would go a long way in correcting the anomaly that is there. I urge the Member who has moved the Motion to go a step further and have such amendments made in the parent Act itself. I support the Motion."
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