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"speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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"content": "I want to demystify the issue of saying that we are going to reward slay queens or boyfriends. If somebody has made an effort, and he was number two, why should he or she not be nominated? In this House, we have very good legislators. Some of us had wished, the ranking Members, like when Hon. Martha Karua was in this House, before we came here, we could see how she contributed in the quality of debates. Unfortunately, she is not here. On such an opportunity, you can nominate someone because of the value that he or she is going to add as far as the debate in this House is concerned. With such an opportunity, you can actually nominate. We have been talking about the issues of inclusivity. I have heard His Excellency the President say that, if we won by these millions and Hon. Raila Odinga won by these millions, instead of these persons wallowing somewhere, we will have an opportunity to come and add value on this Floor. So, I am urging Hon. Members, when a Bill comes on this Floor, it ceases to be an issue of political inclinations. We must debate objectively for the sake of value addition. If you are lucky today, it may not be the same tomorrow. So, I am humbly requesting Hon. Members who are here, that we support this Bill. If you read this Bill carefully, under Article 97, it will help the National Assembly where people of special interest will be nominated. We have the disabled who have been contesting. In Mumias, there is an Hon. Member who was a former Senator who was nominated. She went and contested for the seat of an MCA in Mumias. It does not matter or it does not mean that if you are disabled, you cannot run for these positions. That will be taken care of as far as persons with special interest are concerned. When it comes to the Senate, Article 98, talks of 16 nominated women. In fact, we will be eliminating the issue of slay queens because people will not just nominate anyone, they will only nominate those people who have added value and those who have attempted to contest for their seats. The criteria of the 16 women going to the Senate has been questionable because some of them go there and value addition becomes a problem. When you wait afterwards, you will have seen the women that put a deliberate effort, and you can reward them. If this amendment does not touch on Article 177, we should amend it further. Article 177 talks about the county assembly. I think it should be invoked. The county assembly is good. However, under Article 177, the nomination has been coming, but now they have to look at the issue of balancing the two-thirds gender. So, we should be able to harmonise this in the National Assembly, the Senate and in the county assembly. I want to thank Hon. Florence for bringing up this constitutional amendment Bill. It takes a lot of efforts and public participation. I am, therefore, requesting Hon. Members to support this Bill and at the time of …"
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