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    "id": 1374342,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "constructive dialogue, and the exploration of diverse perspectives on complex issues such as this. The reason we are discussing this National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Report is because of complexity in our thinking. As men and Members of the opposition and Members who form the Government, that is what is leading us into debating this Report. As we talk to Kenyans, many people would be asking, what exactly are we debating? The debate now gives us a structure and an engagement way to explore and analyze different viewpoints leading to a deeper understanding of the topic at hand. The topic at hand is a NADCO Report and what is this NADCO Report? I would want to disabuse this belief that the NADCO Report is something bad or so good. It is just part of our day-to-day thinking. We fought, we had a context, some of us felt cheated, others felt like they won and we drove this country into misery. This is a country that we so love and hope that we will keep it for future generationn. Madam Temporary Speaker, people died, we rose the cost of living, people lost faith and stopped being patriotic. So, what do we do? At first, as any sane leader would think is, let us go and try to find out what ails us. As I make my contribution on this NADCO Report, because I have read it, and I will limit my contribution to only six parts. The first part is to define what exactly we are doing. We are passing a motion, or we are discussing a motion, to be able to amend the Constitution. It is to amend this Constitution to create an Office of the Leader of Opposition. It is not to create an office for Raila Amolo Odinga or Kalonzo Musyoka. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is to create a leader of the opposition, so whoever wins or whoever loses, becomes opposition and he leads. This is so that he can give an alternative. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I support the Committee that went and sat there, what is it that I feel that they fail to really understand? The first issue is the two-thirds gender rule. I reiterate that gender parity still seems to be unnatural in most people. I want to be honest by saying that the framers of the Constitution, when drafting or promulgating the Constitution of Kenya, were thinking very clearly when it comes to the issue of gender parity with the county sssemblies. That is why in Article 177(1)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, we do not have this beef when it comes to county assemblies. The Constitution clearly stipulates how we avoid this issue. It says that- “A county assembly consists of- (b) the number of special seats members necessary to ensure that no more than two-thirds of the membership of the assembly are of the same gender.” The only way to resolve this issue of gender parity is not by recognizing that there is another body out there, which is discussing the issue of gender parity. It is to bring in a constitutional amendment, and ensure that there is no one gender that will be superior to the others. Let it be put in the Constitution."
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