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    "id": 1031041,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "people refer to Members of Parliament and governors and those women are taken as just women representatives. When people are being introduced, they become secondary women. Out of that 70, maybe they can still retain the 47 women. What we should be speaking to as a Senate is to have Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) appointed from Parliament so that we shall have some Senators joining ministerial positions as well. Being a Senator empowers any Senator to have representation, speak to issues of legislation as well as oversight. Madam Temporary Speaker, we should be speaking and fighting for oversight funding and not fighting to remove the gains of women that are already in the Senate in the future. Our male counterparts, with due respect, should not be afraid of the women who will be in the Senate come the future. If you look at this House right now and in most cases, you will find that it is the nominated women who have ensured that this Senate goes up to 6.30 p.m. each sitting day. Therefore, women Senators are as equally important as the male Senators. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you."
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