{"id":1067086,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1067086/?format=json","text_counter":80,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":{"id":376,"legal_name":"Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona","slug":"millie-odhiambo-mabona"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to pick up from where Hon. Limo has said that he opposes the Bill, and state that I support the BBI. It is very beautiful to stand and stay consistent on principle. I was seeing some people running ahead to read my thought. The Standard Newspaper went ahead to think for me but I want to urge them to hire people who can think ahead because if you listened to the questions that I raised with the Speaker, you should have known where my thought is if you are smart enough. I want to thank the Speaker for a very seasoned ruling that answered a lot of issues that I had raised. If I get time at the end, I might trace them. Originally, I had wanted to speak at length about constitutional legal issues but following the ruling by the Speaker, I might just focus on the content. On the two-thirds gender issue that most Members have spoken to and opposed, I want to state that I was a Member of the Parliamentary Select Committee that worked on the Constitution. At that time, we had just come from the post-election violence and many people thought that the Committee was bringing a solution to this country. When we went to Naivasha, people were The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}