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"content": "notion that there is a God. The next question in that book is whether life exists in outer space. Mr. Hawking’s uses mathematics, physics and complicated formula to prove his argument on whether life exists or not. I do not want to give the conclusions here, because I want the Members to go read and find out for themselves the conclusions that the late Stephen Hawking arrived at. Madam Temporary Speaker, in his books, Stephen Hawking asks the question whether we will colonize space as humanity one day. He talks about the implication and impact of artificial intelligence on modern society. He talked about some of the subjects that are supposed to be taboo. Many of us are brought up to believe that we should never ask the question whether God exists or not. Stephen Hawking uses science, physics and mathematics to prove his case on whether life exists in outer space or not. The relevance of the late Stephen Hawking to this Motion is that, at the age of 20, he was diagnosed with a motor-neuron disease, and the doctors gave him two years to live. At that time, Stephen Hawking had just come from Oxford University, where he had graduated top of his class. He was one of the brightest and sharpest kids out of Oxford University then. The doctor’s observed him for two years and he disappointed them, because he lived for 50 more years and died in the year 2018. The Former President of the USA, Barack Obama, and I are some of the people who consider Stephen Hawking as their greatest inspiration. That is how powerful someone who lived with a motor-neuron disease for 50 years has been, and has impacted on the lives of the people in this world. A lot of the study on cosmology and space travel, even the works of people like Elon Musk and Richard Branson, who build devices to take us to space, depend a lot on some of theories that were laid by Stephen Hawking. Madam Temporary Speaker, someone with a motor-neuron disease is not any lesser than somebody else with a big head full of brains and a body that is properly co- ordinated. Sometimes those of us who seem to have everything in place become lazy and take things for granted. We do not work hard enough, because we believe that we are special, and that is why God gave us everything that we have. Motor disorders can occur at the time of birth, or later in life. That is why this Motion should concern everybody. If you are a parent who is still having children, you should be concerned because you do not know what shape or form your children will take. The cry of a woman, who cries to God on her knees for God to bless her with children, is one of the sharpest and most painful cries. God answers the prayers of women who cry out to him. Why would God answer your prayer and then you decide that the answer was good or bad? Take the answer as it is. That is why many women who have children effortlessly sometimes take it for granted. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Motion is important because the society has taken it for granted, that in the Republic of Kenya, every child will be born without a neuron disease, cerebral palsy or downs syndrome. The reality is that there is a percentage of the population that is born with those conditions. There are others who are born normal, but undergo accidents or because of various reasons, they end up with motor-neuron diseases. This is the kind of Motion which, once the House adopts it, no one should be forced or pushed to implement it because it is straight forward. As a son, daughter, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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