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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "statement for the women in this country, that you can do it and do it well. It is not easy to get 104, 000 votes, while your follower has 19, 000 votes. We thank the people of Machakos for coming out in big numbers to make this statement for this country. We thank the party leader, who I celebrate, that you have done us proud for bringing another woman to the Senate; in the first instance by giving her that nomination certificate. Most of the time, women do not make it because they do not even make it past the nomination certificate of our parties. This is the way to go if we want to bridge the gap and obey the court orders on the two-thirds gender rule. The parties must come out clearly to support women and give them certificates. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very happy that I see dignitaries and people that we really respect in this gallery, starting with the former Vice President, Kalonzo Musyoka, the Whip, hon. Mbui and none other than the newly appointed secretary of the East African Community, my former colleague, hon. Mathuki. Congratulations, my colleague. I have been with you and I know that you are able to turn around and do something to make East Africans proud of you. Besides this win and besides this great lady, are all the gentlemen and ladies that we see up there. This shows that we really need each other in this journey. Without them probably, it would have been very difficult to go round, but with them by her side, she was able to succeed. So, we say; congratulations. I know that you are up to the task. Our dear departed colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka, was a very close friend of mine and the whole House. He did his best, but God wanted you to complete his journey. We are going to be with you and we thank you for coming up and strongly showing that you can make it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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