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    "id": 962673,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/962673/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thirdly, when parents adopt new children - most of them are in homes and are pretty young - they do not have that particular right as the parents who have got children normally. When the adopted children go to live with the adopting parents, they do not have the time to relate, associate and bond with them. It is the reason this Bill is important and I am seconding it. We need to give equal rights to the adopting parents so that they also get leave within law. That way, they will be in a position to bond with the children. We have a lot of abandoned children. When children are in such a scenario, they need love. They need to be taken care of. That relationship of adopted children with the adopter should be… They are real children of the adopting parents. Nowadays, there are very many people who are adopting children because many of them are unable to have children normally. So, they want to extend their love to others who may not have an opportunity like them. As the law is now, some rights have been denied the children being adopted and the adopting parents. For that matter, Hon. Wangari seeks to synchronise the law so as to bridge the existing gap. It is the duty of this House to cover it up and ensure that the rights of children and parents are observed; the labour laws and children laws are all synchronised so that we do not leave a gap and also allow laws to have loose ends."
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