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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "the factions that are taking place on the Jubilee Party side of the House and sit down to agree on the way forward in amending the Constitution. On the question of amending the Constitution, we are discussing this issue at a time when we are also discussing about achieving gender parity. Since I did not get the time to say this, I want to congratulate Sen. Agnes Muthama for her being elected to the Senate. I went to Machakos and campaigned against her. I stood firm and said that I would prefer her son who is called Ngengele, to be elected so that he can come here and take care of his mother. However, the people of Machakos said that they want the mother and that is how they ended up electing Sen. Muthama and brought her here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, now that she is here and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. should not be too excited, because as you know, Sen. Agnes Muthama was our candidate in 2017. We prepared her and shaped her. Finally, the Wiper Party came to inherit her and delivered her to this House. Since that has happened, this House now becomes the first Chamber of Parliament since Independence to achieve the two-thirds gender rule. I am glad that I belong to the Jubilee Party and the United Democratic Alliance Party (UDA), who became the pioneers in as far as the election of the first women to this House is concerned. Sen. Dullo is the only Senator elected from UDA and the first female Senator from the North to be elected to this House, comes from UDA Party, the wheelbarrow party. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, my neighbour, comes from Jubilee Party. Sen. Kihika comes from Jubilee Party. She is our friend and believes in the ideals of the “Hustler Nation”. They are all elected from this side. It therefore means that if we can have more time to look at this constitutional amendment process, we can achieve a conversation that will ensure that this House achieves the two-thirds gender rule and also allows the National Assembly to have an opportunity to elect women to that House that will also contribute to the two-thirds gender rule without having over 100 people being nominated to Parliament. That is the kind of conversation that I look forward to having."
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