Thika Town MP Patrick Wainaina is drafting a Child Support Bill that aims at compelling irresponsible men to provide financial support for their children.
The Bill proposes that any man who declines to support any child they have sired be forced to surrender 50 per cent of his monthly salary to the mother of the child. The bill further recommends that the government offer free DNA testing services to any woman seeking to prove paternity of their kids.
“DNA services are expensive in this country. Majority of women who suffer with the burden of single parenthood cannot afford the all-important evidence needed to prove who sired their children,” said Wainaina.
The MP believes that the Bill will go a long way in inculcating responsibility on men and reduce instances of deadbeat fathers.
“Most men do not want to take responsibility of the consequences of their sexual escapades. The burden is left on women. In some cases some of the kids born out of wedlock end up in the streets,” he said.
He is also confident that if the bill is passed, it would significantly decrease cases of HIV infections as men will be forced to use protection.
The bill is likely to elicit heated debate in Parliament considering that majority of MPs are men.
Hi maneno ya kila mtu…
Hi maneno ya kila mtu akikurupuka anakuja na mapya yake ni balaa mwishowe. Due diligence is required in crafting some of these bills for they cannot succeed in a vacuum-work the social infrastructure first.
Heko Bw Wanaina…..wanaume…
Heko Bw Wanaina…..wanaume wengi wamependa hii kitu saana bila kutambua ipasavyo “madhara” yote yatokanayo na “shughuli” hii. Wanawake wa siku hizi pia wamekuwa way too generous kuharakisha kuvua chupi bila kufikiria. Hii ni tahadhari kubwa hasa kwa wanaume…itafika wakati msichana akikwambia hana chupi utachomoka kutoroka mara moja kupitia mlango wa nyuma. Huu ni mswada uliochelewa, wafaa upitishwe mara moja.
I see this law helping curb…
I see this law helping curb irresponsibility but I see abuse as well if one of the parents, mostly men, are monied.
The issue here is free DNA…
The issue here is free DNA test as all the others are covered by various other laws.Wainaina forgot the cost of mothers filing such cases which most of them cannot afford.
About time they paid up. …
About time they paid up. They abandon their own flesh and blood as if they are makoros.
Very good move but those…
Very good move but those male pigs will not pass it
Wainaina should 1st Fight…
Wainaina should 1st Fight AIDS and Homosexuality in Kenya. He sounds Transgender to me.