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    "id": 1064180,
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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": "This amendment is a gain for people living with disabilities because they have been shifted from the Senate and taken to the National Assembly where the number has been doubled to two women and two men. It will be mean for me to not acknowledge this gain for PwDs. Apart from that, it is a guaranteed position. I support this because we will have representation at the political level. Most of the times, PwDs have complained that when it comes to leadership and political representation they are under-represented. This is a chance for their representatives to be higher and their voice will be greater. There is a clause that proposes to amend Article 98 concerning representation in the Senate by increasing the number of Senators to 94. Women Senators will be represented on a 50/50 ratio. This is a gain for the women fraternity who will have the same voting powers just like the male counterparts. It is a reality that in this House nominated women are discriminated upon. Sometimes, when there is need to vote and there is one representation per county, nominated Members go through harrowing moments. For example, a letter was written to bar Sen. Shiyonga and I from voting. This Bill comes to strengthen the women who will be here because they will have an equal vote as well as the men. On the issue of the women Fund, the gains can be relooked at. However, the women who come stand and equal chance of getting the same amount of money that the male counter parts will get. That is a big gain. The women who will be in the Senate will be at par with their male counterparts. The same should apply to women in the National Assembly. That is a plus for the women of Kenya. I am happy with the issue of 50/50 representation. This means that the issue of delegation will not be there. Everyone will be here on his or her own right. This is a gain that we cannot wish away. Clause 22 amends Article 131 of the Constitution. On the proposed expanded Executive, among the functions of the President is that every year, he or she is supposed to make an annual speech to talk about issues that will be happening. However, in the current Constitution, he or she is not mandated to talk about socio-economic rights which is important. Article 43 of the Constitution talks about Economic and Social Rights. These are issues of water, health and other basic needs. Basic needs are very important. If you are not able to meet your basic needs, even Maslow, the psychologist, stated that you cannot aspire to move to the next level of needs. The amendment Bill will ensure that the President will stand before the nation and say what exactly he has done and what the country has achieved with regards to issues such as water, housing, infrastructure, health and so on. These are issues that directly affect each and every family."
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