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    "id": 1376477,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "When it comes to the role of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)--- Madam Temporary Speaker, I am asking for extra two minutes because the light has gone red. I believe I am one of the last speakers. I want to connect the role of IEBC to the two-thirds gender rule. I have seen in detail what IEBC will do and continue doing. However, from the experience I have had in the political space, one of the roles of IEBC should undertake is party nominations. I say that because during party nominations, many women in this country are lost out of the competitive electoral process. Parties are individually owned. They belong to the owners and when they do not want to give you the ticket, they will not. This is where the women of this country lose. I am saying this and will continue to do so because I know that if I had a ticket to the ballot, Kajiado County would be represented by a woman governor. That is how we lost it in the party primaries. If IEBC does not come to referee the party nominations, women of this country will never be able to get even 50 per cent of the elective slots. However, if IEBC is involved, I have faith in them, I know women of this country will not ask for anybody to nominate them to any slot. We shall compete for space. I thank you."
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