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MPs oppose bid to amend Children Act

NAIROBI: MPs yesterday disagreed on the boundary between parental responsibility and child custody amid claims that a bill seeking to amend the Children Act would go against constitutional provisions on the rights of the child.

MPs supporting the principle of equal responsibility on a child by both parents united to defeat changes proposed to the Children (amendment) Bill, 2014. Others said that the Bill was meant to give custody of a child to an undeserving parent through the backdoor.

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