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    "id": 1134581,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for considering gender in this discussion. I support the appointment of these members, Caroline and Thomas, as commissioners to the National Gender and Equality Commission. My lady colleagues and especially many of us who come from the women’s movements that brought us to this House will know the history of the National Gender and Equality Commission. It is good that we are seeing actually the commission mainstream, itself and find space in this country to continue to monitor, facilitate and to mainstream gender and disability and other issues, including the minority in this country. I want to quickly say that I personally know the National Gender and Equality Commission. I can authoritatively say that this is the most diverse commission that we have in this country. This Commission is led by the Chairperson, Dr. Joyce Mutinda, and also the Vice-Chairperson, Dr. Chomba, who actually is a person with disability. It is again being spearheaded by Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi who was a Member here. It is a commission that we have continuously monitored how it implements the issues. You will remember that it is the National Gender and Equality Commission that was actually spearheading the implementation of Article 100 of the Constitution that talks about the issues of special interest groups (SIGs) in this country. I also want to say that as a Parliament and National Assembly, we must really be fair. Sometimes the issue of the National Gender and Equality Commission is tricky. Just recently, a Member of this House actually brought a Motion to this House proposing to merge the National Gender and Equality Commission and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights that they perform the same functions. I want to say in this House that the National Gender and Equality Commission must be funded and be made as an independent institution to continue with the work that it does. We cannot merge the National Gender and Equality Commission with the Kenya 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."
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