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    "id": 1066508,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1066508/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "It is very important that we put structures that create a good environment for development to be equitable in the whole country because that was the reason for the Kenya Constitution, 2010, to begin with. In Bomas of Kenya, there was the question of expanded Executive, which I know everybody is running away from. That was in the draft Bomas of Kenya resolutions before it was changed in Naivasha. The reasons were the same. The agreement in Bomas of Kenya was so high that it necessitated balancing both the development resources and even the Executive itself. This is something that is not new. It is just being replicated here because it was already in the Bomas of Kenya draft. I do not see anything that is negative in it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be brief because I know we still have the numbers and need to be winding-up. I want to persuade our male colleagues that have made a number of comments about the expansion of the Senate being women oriented. It is very important to note that the development of a county also requires both gender. It is very important because there are issues that are gender related. In fact, when we look at what was devolved, including agriculture, heath and water, they affect women more than men when one goes to the grassroots. To me, this was the best thing that happened. When I heard my colleagues asking why we needed to have more women here, I almost said that maybe we need to elect women first and nominate men to the counties because of the fact that the development that is expected in the counties affects women more than anything. Health affects a woman who is well, supposed to go to maternity and be having family planning more than anybody else. I believe that whatever is remaining in BBI that is not as accurate as we wished, we have the opportunity to use Article 256 to correct Article 257. I support."
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