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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The last time I rose, I did not support the Bill. On the issue of this Commission, there was a lot of work done by the Cabinet. Hon. Kimunya headed the team that worked to split the Human Rights Commission into three commissions, namely, the National Gender and Equality Commission, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the Office of the Ombudsman. At the time, it was felt that that would bring gender issues to the fore. Many people tend to think that when we talk about gender, we are talking about women. However, currently, there are many issues that affect men that have to do with gender. If you look at the boy-child, there is a problem we need to arrest. If we look at femicide and the number of men that kill women, that is a gender issue, but related to men. Further, in my view, after devolution, the gender agenda lost momentum. At the time, we had another commission linked to the Ministry which had gender officers all the way up to the ground. So, it was very easy to mobilise women to raise gender issues. After devolution, gender issues are now under the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. There are no officers who deal directly with gender issues at the sub-county level. If you go to the sub-county and constituency levels and want to deal with gender issues, particularly those dealing with women, you will find that not much is being done. Therefore, killing the Commission, which is what the Bill intends to do, would draw back on the gains made with regard to gender issues. If there is a feeling that it has not worked well and has not achieved much, let us restructure it and give it strength to do what it is supposed to."
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