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    "id": 1009980,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1009980/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I request that given the earlier observation that you made, you could use your discretion under Standing Order No.1 and add us a little more time, this is a subject that is very close to my heart on the issue of gender policy. I wish to support the Committee’s Report which basically revises the 2000 gender policy. Even in supporting, gender is a social construct. It is not about biological differences between men and women. The fact that I can have a child and Hon. Otiende Amollo cannot, is a biological construct. The fact that Hon. Otiende would be preferred to be given benefits as a man and not me is a gender construct. What this policy seeks to do is to look at discrimination that is not based on biological facts, but that would result especially in women being discriminated for cultural, religious and other factors. Over time, we have misinterpreted for our own purposes religion and social issues to the benefit of our brothers - the men. An example is when men say they cannot cook. You will catch them dead cooking in their own houses, but when that factor becomes a paid factor, they will give it a nice name like “a chef” and then they take over and you find all the big hotels being run by 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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