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    "id": 1030887,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "to the best of my knowledge, this is not a gender question. It is about the dilution of the position of the Senate, as compared to the rest of the six other positions on the ballot. When we go to the ballot every five years, there are six positions that we vote on. The question that Senators are asking is if on the other five positions you are voting on the basis of the strength of an individual, how comes it is only the Senate that you want to reduce to be voted on the basis of gender, where you are voting a man and a woman? If you feel that you want to be completely inclusive, then pass on the same provision right from the Member of County Assembly all the way to the President. It is as simple as that. It has absolutely nothing to do with us saying that we feel lesser. I wish to plead with our colleague, women Senators, that let us raise the bar of the debate even on this issue of a deputy governor. The issue is not about whether you are a man or a woman. To the best of my knowledge and if you ask many of the deputy governors that serve in this current dispensation, they will tell you that their biggest cry for help is the fact that there are no clearly defined responsibilities and functions for them. Functions rank way above issues of gender. If you want to propose and say it must be a woman, personally, I do not hold very strong views about it. However, at least, give that woman some work. Do not just put any other woman without defining responsibilities for them. That is the discussion that we need to have. We are saying we need to find ways of improving and enriching this conversation, so that it can benefit all of us, as Kenyans."
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