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    "id": 1211265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "We have 11 constituencies in Nakuru. When it was the chance to elect people at the ballot, the 11 constituencies chose a unique mix of leaders. If you go to Naivasha, they elected a lady— the Hon. Jayne Kihara for the third or fourth time. His Excellency the President was talking of Hon. Jayne Kihara—for the third or fourth time. In fact, His Excellency the President was saying that Jayne Kihara floors around eight men every time. The neighbouring constituency called Gilgil elected a woman, Hon. Martha Wangari. She is the First Chairperson at the Speaker’s Panel. Nakuru Town East and Nakuru Town West elected Hon. Gikaria and Hon. Arama. Bahati Constituency elected a woman, against all odds, under the Jubilee Party. I am talking about Hon. Irene Njoki. Subukia Constituency re-elected my good friend Hon. Gachobe. Njoro Constituency, my neighbouring constituency, re-elected a woman who is Hon. Charity Kathambi for the second time. She is Ameru in a Kikuyu Constituency, with a mix of our Kalenjin brothers and sisters. There is myself in Molo Constituency, the first time they ever re-elected anyone for the last 30 years. Then, there are Kuresoi North and Kuresoi South constituencies of Hon. Tonui and Hon. Muta respectively. We have Rongai Constituency with Hon. Chebor. What am I saying? There are constituencies that elected women in elective positions that had very strong men. If you talk about the age mix, our elder is Hon. Jayne Kihara. They elected the youngest, yours truly, from Molo. What does that tell you about the electorate? The electorate looks at competence not age. Kenyans are not interested in young leaders or women leaders; they are interested in competent leaders. But it will be very nice that these competent leaders comprise young people, older people, women and people with disabilities. Hon. Tim Wanyonyi, for Westlands Constituency, a man abled differently, gets re-elected all the time. In fact, if he ran for Nairobi gubernatorial seat, I am sure he would have given Hon. Sakaja a run for his money. He is re-elected again and again even when he is on a wheelchair. As we think about empowering our women, we should not forget that what Kenya needs to achieve its destiny is competence. In as much as we want to encourage women leadership, we must encourage competent women leadership. In as much as we want to encourage youth leadership, we must encourage competent leadership because we are not going to achieve this country’s destiny with just saying that we want young people or women. What we need to do is get competent people. 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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