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    "id": 1059240,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to join you and my other colleagues in congratulating Sen. Kavindu Muthama for a resounding victory; 85 per cent win is not a mean feat. How many people came here with 85 per cent win? I am sure they are very few. Therefore, I congratulate you. I also wish to congratulate very much the Wiper Party and your party leader, our former Vice-President for allowing a woman to thrive. Women in this country, it is not that they not organized. Therefore, political parties ignoring women votes is very dangerous trend because they are also voters. They constitute 51 per cent of this country’s population. We should not ignore them. I also think that next time, when there are elections in this country, let us look for the party that will pick a woman as the deputy president. That should be our minimum as women. His Excellency Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka will lead by example. Machakos County has removed the notion that women are unelectable; they have also proved that they can trust their vote with a woman. We have the capacity to deliver. I wish to also request the people of Machakos to elect her for the second term, now that she will learn how to do things. Next time, elect her so that she comes with great experience. Something phenomenonal happened in East Africa. We have a woman President. I think every woman from this region should be very proud of President Suluhu. She is now the President of Muungano wa Tanzania. I am very happy about that and I know that it can also happen in Kenya. As women and men, let us work towards giving women opportunity and making sure that they are nominated. This lady conducted her election in a dignified manner. Despite the attacks, and people saying all manner of things, she ignored and moved on. This is the kind of leadership we need in this country. Thank you, your Excellency Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, for making this possible."
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