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    "id": 1376252,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Beth Syengo",
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    "content": "When this Committee was sitting at Bomas of Kenya, different groups of women leaders in this nation sat and made recommendations. They did proposals and reports and took them to the NADCO Committee. I remember I led the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition team in taking our proposals of how to actualize the two-thirds gender rule if included in NADCO. Many other groups also did the same. I remember all women movement groups in this country did presentations. Why were women allowed to do the presentations if then they were to be dropped from this Report? It is not good. Women of this nation are not happy. I remember I had a Bill in this House on the actualization of the two-thirds gender rule. I was approached by the Cabinet Secretary for Gender and Affirmative Action to drop my Bill or put it to hold. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also spoke to you about it. This was so that the Cabinet Secretary would put up together a multisectoral working group that will work on this. How does it sound to have the same dropped from the NADCO Report, while the multisectoral working group is being given more time of about six months? Kenya is not at standstill. Things are not stopping to wait for this team to bring up their report. I understand, we may not do anything about bringing back the issue. However, I would borrow words from one of us; the good Senate Majority Leader and others, who sat in that Committee should be recalled and accept to sit for one week to at least bring back the issue of actualization of the two-thirds gender rule in this country. The women will then vote for the Senate Majority Leader, the Whip and every man in this country if only we feel that men care for the women of this nation. The Report is good, but the issue of women should be considered."
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