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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Machua for being a leader and for seeing the late Hon. Grace Onyango not just as a regional leader and teacher, but also as a national icon. I support that Statement that she should get a State funeral because she opened many doors not only for women but also for teachers. She was a great balancer of life. She was the first Mayor with six children. Nowadays, as professional women, we only get two children and then hang our boots. She became a Temporary Speaker. She is an icon. As girls, women and leaders, we have learnt from her that one can achieve anything that one desires. I want to thank Hon. Machua for being a He-for- She. He is the one who has brought this very important Statement to this House. The day Hon. Grace Onyango died was of significance. She took a bow on the International Women’s Day. Even when you do not want to recognise her, you are forced to because she is the one who opened very serious footprints for the women of this country. There is a time we only had one woman elected Member of Parliament, but now we are 28 in number. She sat in the Speaker’s Panel that some of us now sit. She sat in the seat that was previously held by the late Hon. Laboso and, currently, occupied by Hon. Gladys Boss. She was a woman of firsts and we recognise and honour her. We thank Hon. Machua for making sure that this House acknowledges and accords her the respect she deserves. May she rest in peace."
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