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    "id": 630787,
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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": "(5) The parties to a marriage shall not give any monetary or other benefits to the surrogate mother other than for the expenses reasonably incurred in the process of surrogacy. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we agreed with Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal that he drops his proposed amendments. The proposed amendment provides that after a child is born of assisted reproductive process, you have to go to the High Court which is an onerous task on the parents. Hon. (Ms.) Lay explained to the House - as we were going through the Second Reading - how it took her years to adopt her own child that somebody else carried for her. One of the Members was asking me if we are trying to help in situations like the one that happened at MP Shah Hospital, where couples that cannot have children have had somebody else carry the child for them and upon birth, the person suddenly sees that the child is very beautiful and does not want to let go. We are making it clear that they must get into an agreement and upon birth, that child goes to the parent and not the surrogate mother. We had a court decision that was urging Parliament to make such a law to deal with ambiguities as the courts are dealing with many of such issues where people fight over parentage. When a woman has carried a child for nine months, they start bonding. But they should know that when you are carrying for a couple that cannot have children; it is not your child but theirs."
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