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    "id": 1162530,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "percent, one third rule or what not, but it is not a women issue. It is an issue for this country. When you equip a woman, whether it is at the grassroots or in the City, in business or politics or society in general, you have not done that woman a favour. You have done our nation a great service because of the role that women actually play in many aspects. I remember championing 30 per cent law in the last Parliament, which is one of my legacy legislations as I finish this chapter of legislation in my life because I would like to go the Executive. One of the moments I was most proud of was when my amendment to the Public Procurement Act in 2015 was signed by the President saying that we shall have 30 per cent procurement opportunities for women, for youth and for persons with disability. In as much as it has not achieved 100 percent, because this was supposed to be part of performance contracting, there are very many women that I have met who have been able to start businesses. They have been able to engage to supply counties and the national Government because of this provision of the law. The power that we have here as legislators, we can change lives by the laws that we make. Many other legislations that I brought in the last and in this Parliament a target and address the plight of our women because once you affect a woman you have changed the society. The Employment Authority is now led by Madam Edith Okoki, which is a law that I brought into this Parliament and now it is an existing Authority. She is doing great work. She can do much better. It is the same whether it is a law on disaster management."
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