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    "id": 110706,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/110706/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kosgei",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Higher Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13,
        "legal_name": "Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are some other things which are in this Constitution. For example, the way we think about women in our country. I see this everywhere. There is a tendency to trivialise what women can do in our society hence the need by many people, especially, the human rights activists, to fight for women to have positions in politics. We have proved beyond reasonable doubt that as lawyers and public servants, we have done well. Kenya, which has been a leader in development, lags behind when you look at what women are doing in politics. So, it was suggested some years back that we should have some type of affirmative action. In Naivasha, we discussed and decided that we should have 47 counties. My plea to my colleagues is that we should give an opportunity to women to be present in our political system by allowing those 47 counties or more, if the number of counties goes up, to compete amongst themselves and come to Parliament so that we can have enough numbers here. We no longer should have a situation where people think that we are so funny that they can photograph our legs and so on."
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