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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me say I am privileged to give my opinion on this Memorandum. I will not waste any time. I will go straight to my thoughts. Firstly, the President has conjured a very good debate - a debate that is enriching what we are supposed to be doing in this House. The issues that the President has brought across in this House are not to his benefit. As a matter of fact, I am looking at all these issues and see them benefitting this House and some benefitting even his opponent whom he competed with in the last election. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the issue of two-thirds gender rule has been pertinent in the debate in this country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when you were giving your submission, I was very keen on your opinion of solving this issue. Yes, this issue is in the Constitution and so there is a need to know how to solve it. It is not an issue that cannot be solved. The formula the President is bringing can actually solve this thing once and for all. It will not be a wonder if the current Chief Justice gives the same declaration that Maraga gave a few years ago that Parliament should be dissolved. The more we sit on this issue, the more we lose and we will not get where we are supposed to get as the 13th Parliament. I feel that this Parliament has what it takes to look at these recommendations by the President and come up with something that can help the two-thirds gender rule to be finalised once and for all. We do not even have to talk much because we know the gender rule is a rule that can apply both ways. It is important to note that the increase that we are talking about of the few Members of Parliament will remove us from a very huge quagmire that this country has on Parliament being unconstitutional. If we do that, then I know we will be able to ensure that after the next election, we can put in the measures where the political parties can implement. I thought I had more minutes. On the issue of NG-CDF, it is important to note that, right now, we have a big challenge. Our kids are at home and many parents are in trouble because their kids are not yet in school. Putting NG-CDF and National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) in the Constitution will make the two Funds solid and nobody will joke with them. I fully support that recommendation. It is important to note that I would not like to put all these things together so that, when one fails, the other one will not be able to move."
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