Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma. The proposed amendment to the Children’s Act, if approved, will give men the right to live with and provide for the children without having to cater for their mothers. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU | FILE
The proposed changes could split Parliament along gender lines, a catalyst for emotional and acrimonious debate.
The Act states that in cases where a child’s parents were not married at the time of the child’s birth and do not formalise their union, “the mother shall have parental
MPs have begun debating a proposed law that could give men an equal right of access and upkeep to their children born out of wedlock.
The proposed amendment to the Children’s Act, if approved, will give men the right to live with and provide for the children without having to cater for their mothers.
