24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Yes, it has the same effect.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairman.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Yes, Chair. I wish to first state how I so wish that the Departmental Committee on Health had invited Hon. Zuleikha Hassan and myself to their Committee. It is because our amendments had been filed up to three or four months ago. It would have saved the Committee and the House a lot of time if we would have synchronized these amendments. They were tabled several months ago. With those few remarks, I support.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, is the proposed amendment there so that I can move it? It is on Page 1521. I do not see it. Is it Page 2423?
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: That, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended— (a) in the definition of the word “donor” by deleting the words ‘and the person need not be the spouse of the person she or he is donating the gametes to”. Okay. We are just moving Clause 2(a). Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am seeking clarification from you. I do not think I have seen on the Order Paper a notice from the Committee to move. Or, is it the one we have just addressed?
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move: That, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by— (c) deleting the definition of “eggs” and substituting therefor the following new definition− “egg” means a live human ovum;” (d) deleting the definition of “embryo” and substituting therefor the following new definition− “embryo” means a live pre-born person or child from fertilisation or conception until transfer into the adoptive or surrogate mother;”
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Millie Odhiambo’s definition in the main Bill defines an egg as a live human egg, but does not include the process of fertilisation. In the statement of the problem, there is nothing like an egg in the process of fertilisation; it is a new human being. As we know, in Article 26(2) of our Constitution that we uphold, life begins at conception and a fertilisation of a sperm and an egg has united. The unification is what we know as conception, whether it is In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) or normal conception. In my proposed amendment, an egg means a live ...
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
We are on the proposed amendment on eggs. Then there will be a proposed amendment on embryo that I will move. First, we can deal with the eggs.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
It is page 1501 of the Order Paper and page 1502.
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