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    "id": 953083,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I congratulate Hon. Martha Wangari for bringing this Bill. The industry to bring this kind of Bill is not given to all Members of Parliament. Having congratulated my friend, I find myself in the unfortunate position obviously in the minority of opposing it. This Bill must be looked at against the two reality checks. One, that by law, we live in a country that allows polygamy and some regions define the maximum number and in other circumstances, there is no maximum number. We also live in a country that does not limit the number of children you can either bear or adopt. This means that whenever we grant certain privileges or rights as contemplated here in Clause 29, we must know that there are circumstances when those rights can be pushed to the outer limits. Once there lived a man called Akuku Danger in my part of the world, who had over 80 wives and over 300 children. If he were to enjoy this privilege, he would have gone through his entire working life without stepping into the office, but being paid on a day to day basis. In other words, when we grant these privileges and especially in the context of public service, and having worked there I can tell you there are people who were blessed by the Lord., men and women who every year would bear a child and using Clause 29 would go through almost five months of every year without coming to work, but being paid. In 10 years, their productivity would be a third. Therefore, I am conscious on extending these benefits which we already have recognised for child bearing to adoption under the proposed sections. Secondly, it must be noted that the wording of the clause is “three consecutive months”. This gives problems in law. Presently, the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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