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    "id": 1047638,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "mind. I went to Sen. Haji’s office, and he was the Provincial Commissioner (PC) then. He advised me from day one. One of the words that Sen. Murkomen has used is what he used directly to me. He told me: “You have come from the university; first things first. Respect for authority cannot be compromised in life. You are coming from a formal system that has a different order. If you are to lead women, respect for authority is something you must carry in your mind. Honesty is the other and listening is an art in leadership.” At the time I was not sure how I would discuss because women squabbling was high. You would have women from one district complaining over issues of a nature that would disrupt the Maendeleo ya Wanawake organization. However, he did something more unique. He told me to avoid all those things while learning and use his boardroom for my meetings. I was a young lecturer trying to be a woman leader and leading more experienced women in women movement. I used his boardroom and it made a lot of difference. He opened the doors of his office and I would see him before and after the meeting. After three years, I have known women movement so much that at the time the East African Community positions were coming in, every woman in Rift Valley proposed sending me to the EAC. I went there because of contributions of women like Phoebe Asiyo. However, it started with how I was mentored and trained by Sen. Haji. From the time I met him, I got into a habit of consulting him on many things. The most recent one was last year when I called him for advice on two occasions. The one thing that surprised me is that I called him from Eldoret and said, ‘I need advice’. He asked where I was and I told him I was in Eldoret, while he was in Garissa. He asked when I would come to Nairobi and I said that I would be here the following day. He said that he would come the day after, which was on a Monday."
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