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    "id": 1030968,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to congratulate the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, led by Sen. Omogeni. This is not the first time Sen. Omogeni is rising to the occasion. He did the same thing in Naivasha when our leadership was unwilling or unable to push the agenda of the Senate forward. He did stand for the Senate. I thank, Sen. Omogeni, and congratulate him. I will say a few things about this document. We are making a big fuss over the matter and the conversation on where the 47 elected women should sit. In my opinion, this matter is neither here nor there. Moving the same number of women legislators from the National Assembly to the Senate is like taking money from one pocket to the other pocket then arguing that you are richer. The women of this country deserve more and much better. Moving elected women from the National Assembly where they stand a chance to be appointed Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretaries and bringing them to the Senate where we are not even talking about oversight fund is demeaning the women of this country. When we were in Naivasha, I heard Members of the National Assembly fight for the National Government Constituency Development Fund. I have heard Members of the County Assemblies fight for the ward funds. The Senate of the Republic of Kenya must fight to win the battle for oversight funds. This is because what we are doing is not a favour to anyone. We are undertaking a constitutional responsibility as a House."
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