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    "id": 1017335,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017335/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to go on record thanking CJ Maraga for the decision that he took. If it will take all of us going back for election for the two-thirds gender rule to be realized, so be it. I believe that gender equity is a human rights issue that the elected leaders should take care of. I believe that over 50 per cent of the Kenyan brain is not on the decision making table. Women make up 51 per cent of the Kenyan population, yet their brain and ideas are not on the decision making table and that is why we are making a lot of blunders politically. We will never achieve the much needed economic or social development because over 50 per cent of the brain is not on the decision making table. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and I sponsored a Bill on the two-thirds gender rule. However, before the Bill was even brought to the Floor of this House for debate, the then Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights was on record stating that the Bill should be thrown out of the window. The women of Nandi County should start collecting signature to impeach Sen. Cherargei for violating their rights. I thank the current Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights who has ensured that the Bill advances."
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