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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "can also legislate on laws that affect women and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). These organizations come in handy when it comes to building capacity. This Petition is coming at a time when I am organizing PWDs in all the wards in Lugari, just to raise awareness through NGOs, so that they can come and train them for them to come to terms that if they are engaged in politics in governance, it will be possible for them to come up with decisions that will help their kind. When it comes to capacity building, these NGOs come in handy and should be given a chance to support where the Government is not able to support. We are talking of even women aspirants and PWD aspirants. Most of them come from a background where they do not have the financial resources to go high in terms of politics, but these NGOs come in handy to support that. For example, they can do resource mobilization on behalf of the aspirants. They even help in ensuring that the two-thirds gender rule will eventually be observed. When they drum up support for women wherever they go, chances are that women will rally behind their fellow women because when it comes to elections, women play a big role. When it comes to voting, they are very genuine in voting, but sometimes, they do not vote for their own fellow women simply because they have not been trained. Therefore, these organizations come in handy to do this. I would like to commend the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) Chairperson, Sen. Halake, for this Petition. I am looking forward to you coming with your team to Lugari and raise awareness on women and PWDs. I appreciate what you are doing at CMD. I appreciate what NDI is doing because I am a product of NDI. Therefore, they should be given the space to ensure that they enlighten women, youth and PWDs in the political arena, so that they are involved in governance. When women and PWDs are engaged in politics and governance, that is when the curve of poverty will actually go down. You will note that, globally, PWDs are the poorest of all mankind. When they are enlightened to also be decision makers and come up with decisions that will help their kind, the cyclic nature of PWDs being in poverty will come to an end. I support this Petition."
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