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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "will one day become. However, because of us vacating our traditional practices and values, we find that someone takes the father who has died to court to prove that he was the father, so that they can become part of that estate. These are things that are un- African. Even though we are in a global village, it is my view that we must seek alternative options to ensure that we deal with these issues. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are issues of paternity in very extended families. I will give you an example; in my county of Homa Bay, we have got a very huge clan called the Onyango Rabala Clan, which exists in four constituencies. They are not supposed to intermarry across the four constituencies, yet it is a population of almost 700,000 people. These people come and meet in Nairobi, where one person comes from Oyugis while the other one comes from Kanyamwa. They do not know that they are members of the same clan and that they are not supposed to intermarry. They then cohabit and have a child, who then becomes stateless, for lack of a better word, because no one is going to accept that child due to that extremely extended relationship. Therefore, should this child take the mother and father to court to say that, “Yes, I bear your blood; so you must assume parental responsibility over me.” That then contradicts the traditional perception, that the child can never be brought home and can never be acknowledged as a son or daughter of those two people from the clan that spans across four constituencies. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, those are issues that need to be looked at. We must find the right balance that will not disenfranchise children who are born in those kinds of arrangements."
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