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    "id": 697178,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wangari",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Senate Majority Leader who is the Mover of the Bill for introducing it to the House. The fertility rate in Kenya and in the world has been an interesting topic. First, culturally it was not meant to be discussed. In the African culture, normally, when a woman could not bear a child it was seen as a taboo. It was even worse for a man. In fact, few men would go for checkup because infertility was seen to be the fault of the woman. However, the dynamics have changed because there is more medical knowledge and research and also the society has opened up to this issue. We now know that it is possible, for one reason or another, arising from sickness, food consumed and age that one is unable to bear children naturally. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill is looking at those special cases where men or women cannot bear children. The Bill looks at two issues. The first one is the assisted reproductive technology. If you look at this Bill, you will find that the issue of Intravitreal-Fertilization (IVF) has been alluded to. That is where an egg is fertilized with a sperm scientifically in a laboratory and implanted in the womb of another woman. I know we have had different views from the religious institutions that are uncomfortable with the Bill. May I make it clear that we are in 2016 and we can use technology to reduce the anguish, mental torture and the stigma that marriages have had to undergo in Africa for not bearing children. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have experienced an issue of a person who came to me and she was desperate. She told me that she was 42 years and that time isrunning out. Her biological clock is ticking and the husband has thrown her out because she cannot bear children. When I looked at the lady, all that was going through my mind---"
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