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    "id": 1151403,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "discussed extensively and because of what happened between the National Assembly and the Senate, it had to come back. I am of the view that for us to pass most of these Bills, instead of going on recess in May for two weeks, I think we should go for just one week, even if it means that we reduce the time towards the end by one week. When most of these Bills leave here, they have to go to the National Assembly. Therefore, instead of us being one week later than them after their recess, we should have the two weeks; reduce our recess by one week, then towards the end, maybe we close this House the same time with them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during this electioneering period, I am sure that this Bill is taking care of a lot of issues, but my question is: will we be able to pass this Bill, if the National Assembly passes it and it is assented to law, before both Houses do the final time of the 12th Parliament? I also tend to believe that during this electioneering period, the people who are in charge of security apparatus should be very careful in terms of how they use information from the ground. Information from my county is that people are saying that these terrorists are coming towards the border from Somalia and plan to cause a lot of mayhem during the time of the election or prior. The Government apparatus should be very careful in terms of how they deal with information from the ground. There is also a conflict created by us, politicians, for selfish reasons. We want to be the winners by disadvantaging another person through creation of a conflict. Such kind of politicians should be named and shamed by our systems. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also tend to believe that the Government should provide some funding. In my own county, from 1992 up to 1994, there was a conflict between three major communities that live in Wajir. The conflict was so bad that there were many people lost their lives. It took the intervention of some ladies; one of them is dead--- If you remember, she was even involved in the 2007/2008 before that eminent person came up with the “ nusu mkate ” government. There were ladies and gentlemen who were calling for a peaceful end to the conflict and asking people to come to the table. That lady is none other than Dekha Ibrahim. She was also involved in ensuring that women are engaged in peaceful resolution of conflicts and that really worked for Wajir. The conflict ended because of the intervention from a group of women who were concerned about their daughters and sons dying as a result of those conflicts. Even now, such intervention is necessary for communities that live in northern Kenya, all the way to Lamu, which border fragile states. Funding should be provided for women leaders to ensure that they are part of the process to mitigate conflicts that are about to happen as a result of this. Section 33 states as follows: - “A person who discriminates against another person by way of victimization of the person, carries out an act that is injurious to the well-being and esteem of the person by treating that person less favorably than other persons on grounds, the person discriminated against intends to or has” (a) brought proceedings against the discriminator or any other person under this Act;"
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