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    "speaker_name": "Kisumu CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rozaah Buyu",
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        "legal_name": "Rozaah Akinyi Buyu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. You just made me laugh, but I will fight to contain myself. It is probably because I am moving towards that word that you just mentioned. Actions speak louder than words and louder than beliefs. In these raging moments when we are all talking about gender parity and the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) going to address that issue, I want to congratulate the President for having been keen in his appointment. Five out of a membership of fourteen is definitely in the threshold of one-third. For me, as a proponent of the BBI, I am beginning to see a world of effective things for the women and I want to thank the President for that. If you look at a membership of 14 and 11 out of those 14 are career diplomats who have been working in the foreign office and have been working as public servants, it gives me motivation because I know there has been a lot of hue and cry, especially within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The people have worked but when opportunities arise to expand their horizons, you find that people outside the office or the Ministry are the ones who get that opportunity. This action of getting 11 out of 14 from within the Ministry is highly motivating and highly commendable. The fact that three out of those fourteen have come from without the Ministry and without the Public Service is great because it shows that, indeed, it has not been totally closed to people just within the Ministry—other people have also been considered. I want to talk about age. When I look at what is happening in America today, the two men who are more than 70 years of age have really ignited the interest of young people because the 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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