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    "id": 1028602,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1028602/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
        "slug": "jacqueline-adhiambo-oduol"
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    "content": "Before I conclude, Hillary Clinton once said that there is nothing more important in development than the empowerment of women. Women should not be seen as a competition. Gender issues must be clearly understood in this country. When we talk about gender, we are not talking about one sex, but women and men sharing the same platform in equality. That is the only way to move forward. Last month, as much as we were talking about universal health, we saw a woman delivering at the gate of Pumwani Hospital as she went to seek maternity services. What a shame! We have no choice but to translate every action into reality for women to enjoy the cake they bake. In this House, I am one of the supporters of BBI and I am not ashamed. I will rally my people to support it because the idea of BBI is to cure what we have struggled with in this House – the realisation of the two-thirds gender principle. How do we ensure by law that we support an arrangement that brings in women? Development cannot occur anywhere without women helping in baking, sharing and eating the cake. That is not much to ask. Sessional Paper No.2 of 2019 is in the best interest of this country. We must be serious if we want to support women empowerment."
}