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    "id": 1374289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "the two-thirds gender rule. Is it because of the vested interests and some people were not ready because they felt that it was going to disadvantage the men? Many of us have voted for this two-thirds gender rule for the last 15 years. Therefore, it is not going to be easy for us to start pointing fingers at each other and who failed by not making sure that we can get to the two-thirds gender rule. I wish the Majority Leader was here. He said very clearly that there are options that will be looked at. Let us engage them, so that we do not throw the baby with the water. There are many issues about Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). You know how we handle them in our country and how we have behaved. Even right now, the way we nominate, select or even employ people in the county Governments; nobody cares about what you want to do about PwDs. That has not stopped many PwDs and those who are not to come out and keep raising this issue. We must continuously engage ourselves and make sure that we do what is good for Kenyans. I really get disappointed sometimes when I see the sideshows that happen in this House. This is a serious House that has responsibility because we are all mature. We have been through it. Many of us here have been elected three or four times. Many of us have been Members of Parliament (MPs) and are now Senators. So, the experience will help. Madam Temporary Speaker, I agree that the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) should actually be in the Constitution. I know this matter has been discussed over and over again, where people are saying that MPs should not handle money because their job is to legislate. I have said this more than 20 times publicly or otherwise. In Africa, leaders have got two responsibilities, which is to legislate and then to go talk. People will not listen to you when you talk without telling them what you are going to do for them. Just make sense and forget about the constitutionality and separation of powers. That is how I have looked at it since I became an MP here. The National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) is excellent, and so is the Senate Oversight Fund. Is there a gap that we have not brought in the Ward Fund? I believe in the amendments and we must interrogate and discuss the relevance of creating the ward Fund. We need to make sure that the MCAs have this capacity where they are oversighting their own resources that have come from the national Government to the county government. I also suggest that one of the things we must figure out is on how we can accommodate MCAs either through subsequent legislation or whatever mechanism, so that they can also have the Oversight Fund. We can be working at the national level as they work at the county level. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are busy here talking about how we are looking at the two-thirds gender rule. We are going to have many women nominated into this House. Can we also discuss what their job responsibilities are going to be in terms of them being given funds? How do we get those funds? Sen. Crystal Asige here is representing PwDs. Are we expecting that as she goes to Mombasa where she comes, she will just keep talking about how she can do this and"
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