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    "id": 1227849,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to introduce to you a delegation from the East Africa Women’s League, who are seated in the Speaker’s Gallery. Do I see them? Oh, they are there. The East Africa Women’s League was established in 1917, initially to press for voting rights for women and women’s participation in legislation affecting women and girls, which was granted in 1919. The League now has a membership of over 1,000 women of all races, cultures, and religions grouped in branches across Kenya. In 1964, members of the East Africa Women’s League presented to the Government of Kenya beautiful tapestries that they created. These tapestries were thereafter passed on to the Legislature to be permanently displayed. These beautiful works of framed tapestries are displayed along the walls of the walkways of the National Assembly outside Committee Rooms 7, 8 and 9, where they have remained for years. They not only remind us of our past but also of our role as the country’s supreme law-making body in fostering welfare and unity among the people of the Republic of Kenya. The women present here today are the descendants of those women of valour who fought relentlessly for the democratic rights of women to participate in political processes in this country. On my own behalf and that of the National Assembly, I welcome them to Parliament and wish them fruitful engagements during their visit. I thank you."
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