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    "id": 1211107,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the Message from His Excellency the President. I would like to thank His Excellency the President for thinking through this and for making effort to ensure that he reaches out to the House to make a determination. Hon. Speaker, I also would like to thank you for committing this business to the Committees. We are waiting for the report from the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the joint ad hoc Committee to entrench the funds and also the Procedure and House Rules Committee to amend the Standing Orders and strengthen the oversight so that they may be able to give us the guidance that we shall use in order to deal with these issues. Hon. Speaker, the President was very precise in his Statement. He requested the Speakers to consider all policy measures to fully actualise the full promise of our Constitution. The President wants the Constitution adhered to and wants the full actualisation of the Constitution. That is why these matters were brought to the House. The idea is not just to change the Constitution but to ensure that the Constitution is fully implemented. Let me be specific on some of these issues. First of all, it has not been easy for us as a country to realise the gender equity. All efforts have been put up. Articles 97 and 98 of the Constitution speak to this and it has not been possible to get the numbers as it were. On compliance with the Constitution, the President is requesting us to come up with a formula or requesting us to consider a formula that will ensure that there is equitable representation in terms of gender, in all electable and appointive positions. There is need for us to look into this so that we may ease the burden of having poor representation. 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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