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    "id": 1028595,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a diligent teacher, I accept that humble and honourable correction. We are talking about gender and development. When you talk about gender, we know it is not men or women only. Therefore, I proceed to make my comments on this Motion. I was urging the Members of Parliament, the Women Representatives in this National Assembly and all of us; it is time we take seriously the welfare of the girl-child in our education system. It will be futile to pass a Bill while, practically and in the most immediate environment, obligation and responsibilities within us, we see certain issues that are not working right. We should focus on the issue of gender rights as we move forward. Even within the BBI that was signed between our two leaders in this Republic, the issue of equality and rights is well outlined on one of the nine issues that were raised. Equality and rights remains a contentious issue. Therefore, in this country and nation, as we discuss the BBI, I would like to appeal to the people of Kenya not to over-politicise some of the sensitive issues that can make a difference in this country. I very strongly support the BBI agenda. I believe it is time we subscribe and submit to the three pillars of the Vision 2030. One strong pillar is the political pillar that seeks and advises the people of Kenya that our politics should be issue-based. Indeed, if they were issue-based and we stick to issues, we will speak to this agenda beyond the referendum, after it is passed. It is one thing to pass a constitutional amendment in a referendum and another thing to implement the very objectives. The nine objectives of the BBI are very salient, very key and, very dear to this country and one of them is gender and development. Therefore, this Sessional Paper will serve to help us to implement some of those proposals and objectives in this aspect. It is my desire and belief that, by the year 2030, when this country goes through the Global Monitoring Report both in the SDGs and education, of course gender 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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