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    "id": 1065751,
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    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "parties that are not able to garner seats but have acquired substantial votes to get a share in nominations to the county assemblies and the National Assembly. There is an amendment that I am very comfortable with. Through a caucus, we were able to raise our concerns with the Principals in Naivasha. In my view, doing away with 47 women seats is a big mistake because those seats help us to realise gender parity. If we retain those 47 seats and do a top up after elections, then realising gender parity will be easier. The new proposed articles to be introduced in the Constitution to ensure that no gender has more than two-thirds in Parliament may force us to have a very bloated National Assembly. The Senate one is resolved because it is going to be on a 50-50 sharing. When we made our presentation to the BBI Taskforce and met the Principals, we requested that this Article should not be touched but, unfortunately, it has been done away with. My county is losing because it has only two seats and it was seeing the woman representative seat as the third one. But I will leave it to the people of Isiolo to decide whether or not they will support the Bill when it will be subjected to a referendum. As far as the Senate is concerned, the 50-50 sharing is okay. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Article 203 on increasing funding to counties from 15 to 35 per cent is a good thing, but the new paragraph (n) being introduced is something that we are not comfortable with as the people from ASAL area."
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