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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We do not have a substantive Bill before us. His Excellency, the President is inviting us to share our insights on these matters he remitted to the Speaker of this honourable House. I will, therefore, keep to that devoid of politics. On the first issue on implementation of the two-thirds gender principle, let me clarify that the determination and advice by the former Chief Justice to the President related and concerned the 12th Parliament. It is not an issue for anybody to seek to dissolve this Parliament. That person has to take a case to the High Court and have tries at the Supreme Court or go to Supreme Court on advisory opinion. I am saying that based on law and the fact that, that advisory was made before this Parliament came into being, and it was not known how this Parliament would be composed. Secondly, the measures the President proposes, and I know the President has a technical legal team advising on these proposals, those measures will still not help us realise the two- thirds gender principle which is anchored on Article 27 of the Constitution dealing with the 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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