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    "id": 1009998,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, for your indulgence, Hon. Leader of the Majority Party. I note from the Report that the last policy that was adopted was in 2000. That essentially means that ten years before the promulgation of our Constitution and ten years after the promulgation, we have not had a policy that is in tandem with the Constitution. It is, therefore, quite timely and appropriate that we should have such a policy. I note that from the summary as captured by the Cabinet Secretary, (Prof.) Margret Kobia and the Principal Secretary, the process appears to have been quite consultative involving ministries, Parliament, faith-based organisations, civil society and private sector organisations and a host of many other stakeholders. Although on the face of it, it does not acknowledge the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), I notice it is acknowledged in the Bibliography and that perhaps captures the fact that they participated. Perhaps a subject for another day is to discuss where there is a particular constitutional commission that is given a mandate under the Constitution and at the same time there is policy to be formulated by the national Government, to what extent and in what manner the independent commissions should liaise with the Government in the development of such policies. Perhaps the Mover will guide us on that. Overall, this policy is good. In terms of conceptualisation, it does exactly what the Mover and some of my colleagues have done. It disabuses the supposition that when you say gender, you mean women or girls. It makes it very clear and I am in total agreement that you are referring to both sexes. It also covers a broad spectrum of issues from health to housing, security to power relations and a host of others. Importantly, captures the question of the boy child on Page 23. Many times when people speak of gender, they refer to the girl child and women and forget about the boy child. The truth is that we have emphasised the girl child rightly in this country for the last two decades - so much that if you carefully look at the education sector today, you find that the boy child is starting to be greatly disadvantaged. As we uplift the girl child, we must also uplift the boy child. No one should be left behind."
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