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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Antony Wainaina",
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    "content": "On matters before us about the two-thirds gender rule and everything that has been debated, I invite this House to the real condition in Kieni. Out of every 100 students going to university, 70.7 per cent are girls. Therefore, only 29.3 per cent are boys. When we debate this gender rule now, it is something that is for posterity. In 10 or 15 years, the boy-child is the one who will need this law passed well. They shall be the biggest beneficiaries of what we may pass now. The gender rule is not for women. It has a lot of bearing on men as well, particularly in days ahead. With the current problem of illicit brews, and drugs and substance abuse, the male child is an endangered species. Therefore, this rule is what will make males to be represented in the House in the future. Otherwise, they will be extinct in the House. It is also very progressive that the women in this House increase after every election. Therefore, progressively, this is something that will be achievable. We may achieve it but at the same time, the male-child will be extinct in this House. So, it is good we pass a Bill that will protect the endangered gender. There is also the other issue of the new definition of gender by the Supreme Court, which is not understood well. I do not understand it. We need the court to expound it further and give us a proper meaning because at the moment we have female and male genders. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you are the champion of what lay ahead of us. We have to defend our culture. Therefore, we may not have real meaning of some of these things. I support the Motion and rest my case."
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