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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "The other issue that I am very happy about is that it has addressed the issue of custody and a lot of family law related issues. As a person who has worked in this sector for very long, I know that access to justice, especially for women has been a challenge. Many times women who are ordinarily because of the nurturing and caring roles, charged with care of children by society, are the ones who tend to seek maintenance for children in case of separation. When they have to do that most of them give up when they look at the distances to the courts. For some of them it is not the distances because the courts are near, but because the courts close to them do not have that level of jurisdiction. So, relating to women, I am very happy. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just want to speak a little to what my learned colleague, Hon. Alice spoke to, which is in Clause 7. I want to say that the challenge that this Bill is facing is tension that has been apparent even when we were coming up with the new Constitution; this is tension relating to protecting rights while at the same time recognising customary rights. I know that some of the provisions that Hon. Alice referred to were in 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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