24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I just wish to state that in as much as I support Hon. Nyikal and the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Health, I wish this proposed amendment had been enhanced. My proposed The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
amendment was to state that surrogate mother means a woman who has consented to carry a pregnancy to full term.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
No, I am not proposing. I wish that it could have been enhanced. I am not here to shine. We are here to make legislation for the people of Kenya and for all of us. I really wish and would have appreciated if it could have been a more encompassing definition of the word “surrogate mother”.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
I think the Chairperson was correct. I do not think we really need to recast this one or to rethink about it because it is replacing the words “women to carry children” and substituting with the words “a pregnant woman”. Literally, whatever they meant by carrying a child was actually pregnancy. In other definitions, there are also those who are being assisted to get pregnant in the process but in this, the woman carrying a child was actually meant to mean a pregnant woman. I do not think it will diffuse the meaning of assisting women to get pregnant. I ...
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we came here very early to deal with the Alcoholic Drinks Control (Amendment) Bill by Hon. Silvanus Osoro. It is very disappointing that it is being withdrawn, knowing what is happening in our country. We have a problem of alcoholism. We should also be told whether he is only withdrawing the Bill from the Committee of the whole House. That would mean only the amendments are affected, but the Bill remains in its original form. Is he trying to kill the whole Bill? If that is the import by my good friend, Hon. Osoro, I plead ...
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I plead with you because you have already said that we are moving to the third business in the Committee of the whole House. Some of us came very early. We should continue with this Bill because it was just a temporary hiccup and interruption. We should go on with this Bill because it will save us from the issues we are facing even in our schools. This Bill is very important. Do not be lured by whatever the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security says. We need to make good laws for this country ...
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Wanga, I am not talking to you. I know you will be a governor and you would want to govern non-alcoholics. I am sure of that. You will be a governor and we have agreed on that one. You know that even hustlers are voting for you.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Let me stick to what I was saying. I withdraw my statement.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
I have withdrawn my statement. Hon. Wanga, I am sorry for that.
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24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly:
Did you want me to withdraw the statement that Hon. Wanga will be a governor? Anyway, let us move on.
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