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    "id": 1064178,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1064178/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to give my comments and thoughts about the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. I begin by thanking Sen. Omogeni and his team for coming up with a report and giving us information, which is good. However, there are diverse and divergent views about the Bill. Overall, there are enormous gains that we cannot just wish away. We must speak to them so that people can know the good about the Bill. For example, some amendments of the Bill come out strongly to support the gender issue and close the gender gap. Clause 7 of the Bill seeks to amend Article 82(f). There is a new word that has been inserted sanctioning political parties that do not comply with the two-third gender rule. This is a plus for the women in this country. This is because political parties will ensure that in as much as they are nominating people for elective positions, women are also nominated. The sanctions mandates and obligates political parties to ensure that they implement the two-third gender rule. Madam Deputy Speaker, I clearly note that Clause 13 of the Bill is also amended. It speaks on issues of disability. As a representative of Persons Living with Disabilities (PwDs), I would like to say before the Floor of this House that this amendment is a plus. This is because in the Senate, we have two representatives for PwDs. That is Sen. Mwaura and I."
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