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    "id": 1376392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this national report. I am a scientist. Like all scientific minds, we believe in gradual progression. The fact that we have missed on some areas, but gained on others, is in keeping with the spirit of progression. I believe to an extent, if we adopt this report, we will move the frontier of democracy. When the NADCO process commenced, expectations of Kenyans, especially for women, were very high. It is sobering to note that this report is going to be defined by only four things. One, creating the office of the leader of the Opposition, the office of the Prime Minister and fixing the problem of IEBC. Lastly, but not least, it will be remembered for its failure. It failed because Kenyans paid by limb, sweat, blood and life. Kenyans were promised that due to this particular dialogue, the cost of living would come down. They hoped that this would fix it. It has not. The issue of having approached Kenyans in rallies and mobilized them, urging them to believe that the cost of living would be fixed through dialogue, was a big hoax. It is, therefore, sad that nowhere in this report have we fixed the cost of living. The second failure is the two-thirds gender rule. It is a huge failure. I never knew that people were lying about two-third gender rule. I do not know what people fear about women. The cost of running the office of the Leader of Opposition and the entire retinue around the office of the Prime Minister is far more than the cost of fixing the two-thirds gender rule. For example, in this House, we need only two more women and in the National Assembly."
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