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    "id": 1227872,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to help you in welcoming the East Africa Women’s League to this Parliament and also assure them that the fight that started in 1917 was not in vain. Women here are no longer just voters but they run for elective positions. We have entrenched affirmative action in the Constitution. In fact, in this Parliament, we boast of 102 women who represent their population in different parts of Kenya, both in the Senate and the National Assembly. This visit could not have come at a better time because just today, the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), which cuts across political parties and the bicameral House, held its elections. We now have KEWOPA Chairperson, Hon. Leah Sankaire, Member for Kajiado County, leading an able team. It will steer the agenda of women in this House and even internationally. We welcome them. We hope that as women leaders in this House, we can have some time to interact with them. Also, as we fight to ensure that we attain the two-thirds gender rule in the Constitution, we hope that this will go a long way to ensure that our girls from the villages, in Africa, and in the world can learn from Kenya. They will learn to be at the forefront in terms of ensuring there is gender parity in leadership not just as voters, but also as leaders."
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