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    "id": 1017166,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "predecessor of the current Chief Justice. So, I wish to urge my colleagues that this is not just an issue of gender rule. There are other laws that are going to be used to tackle us. We need to speak with one voice and one understanding. The principles of the Constitution are that the Constitution should be interpreted in a manner that contributes to good governance. Holding election for all constituencies in this country at this time and moment is not good governance. Who is going to pay for the elections? It is possible to hold elections now when the country is preparing for a referendum through the BBI? I want to plead with the naysayers who are against constitutional change in this country. As Parliament, we need to ensure that every single thing that has affected this House will be changed through the BBI initiative before the next election. Hon. Speaker, this is not an issue of who was here. I remember being with my sister, Hon. Gladys here sharing red roses at a time when we were trying to ensure that the two-thirds Bill was enacted but, there are Members who were not here. I want to remind my colleagues that when a man speaks up on behalf of a woman, it does not show his weakness. When a man speaks up and ensures that woman’s rights are defended, that shows the quality of a man he is. Our job is not to put down these women but to lift them up. Where they are wrong, we rectify each other and where men have erred, they correct us."
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