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    "id": 1037574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1037574/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 856,
        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
        "slug": "dennitah-ghati"
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    "content": "Bridges Initiative. We are not just talking about good governance, but we would also want to ensure that governance itself is seen to address issues of inequality. We are talking about governance that is contextualised in the history and concerns that have been there, and not making general statements or settling at the point of conceptualisation without application. On promotion of gender and equality, the key reason for accession to the Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance is that when we talk about good governance, we are talking about everyone. We not only look at it from dimensions of those who might be marginalised on account of their ethnicity, and sometimes on account of their level of income or status in the class system, but also of their gender and age. In the context of dealing with the BBI to help us engage in dialogue, we acknowledge that when promoting good governance, we want to see who has authority to make decisions and to implement. That would address the existing concerns in a way that is fair. There is a lot of discussion about the challenges that we have, and statements have been made on behalf of the female gender; particularly as we look at the manner in which we would see equal representation of women particularly in political governance. We sometimes do not acknowledge that it is the manner of implementing elections. It is the manner and culture of those who seek leadership positions. It is the perception that people have of those who are seen to be ready for that leadership. Therefore, as I support this, I would want that those who look at the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and seek to support it or not because of gender, remember that they need to recognise that what we would like to implement would be one that equally embraces all Kenyans. This is irrespective of their gender and particularly those who are seen to be excluded because they are female. With these..."
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