MPs have approved a bill seeking to place equal parental responsibility for children on both the father and mother.
The Children (Amendment) Bill, 2020 makes it compulsory for parents, married or not, to share the upkeep cost of children equally.
The bill, which seeks to amend section 24 of the Children Act of 2001, received the support of the National Assembly Committee on Labor and Social Welfare.
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma, who sponsored the bill, wants parents compelled to take equal responsibility for their kids, including those born out of wedlock or whose parents have divorced.
“The Bill seeks to vest equal responsibility for parental care and protection of a child in both the mother and father whether they are married to each other or not,” the committee said in its report.
The existing law puts the primary parental responsibility for a child on mothers in cases where they are unmarried while the father can only take responsibility through court order or agreement with the mother.
Further, Kaluma’s bill proposes that both parents be granted equal rights, a move that is expected to reduce child custody disputes in the country.
“Nor the father nor the mother shall have a superior right or claim against the other in the exercise of such parental responsibility,” the bill states.
Amen!! The free lunch for so…
Amen!! The free lunch for so many women trapping men for a life of luxury is now closing in!! You can as many kids as you but know that you are also directly responsible for them, financially!! Pretty cool!!
You obviously don’t live in…
You obviously don’t live in Africa. Which life of Luxury? African/Kenyan men just take off. It is a minority 0/1% elite women that know about going to court and demanding child support/up keep. Over 80% of women/girls are abandoned, left to fend for themselves and their children.
Yes, it is a good move. This matter of boys impregnating girls, and going off to continue with studies and careers while the girl is left behind; illiterate and poor will be curtailed.
This Kaluma has been fighting his ex (baby mama) forever. I think he still loves and wants that woman after decades. He has spent so many years trying to come up with laws that are directed at her.
Be careful
Father will be…
Be careful
Father will be made baby sitter and provider to proove he is a man.
Then family will fall apart and generations of thugs will be born as father was castrated .
Future people will laugh and say at thuggerism of those negroes.
Excellent move for this…
Excellent move for this preying vultures that run to courts for child support and deny men parental rights.