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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "recommended that the Multi-Sectoral Working Group on the Realisation of the Two-Thirds Gender Principle finalise its work, and recommend a framework of implementation of the two- thirds gender principle and submit its report to Parliament for consideration. Further, as you may be aware, last week, the leadership of both Houses of Parliament held a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage, and the Multi-Sectoral Working Group. During the meeting, the commitment of Parliament towards ensuring the implementation of the two-thirds gender principle was reiterated and reaffirmed. The Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Senate and I also met the Cabinet Secretary and the Working Group, during which we advised the Working Group to expeditiously finalise its work and forward its report to Parliament for consideration. Subsequently, the Multi-Sectoral Working Group, having concluded its Report, the ball is now in the court of this House and the Senate to consider the Report. It is on this background that I now wish to bring to the attention of the House of the Report, together with the annexed legislative instruments. As I stated earlier, the Report is scheduled for tabling by the Leader of the Majority Party today. Upon tabling, the Report shall stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for consideration and appropriate action, at the earliest available opportunity. Additionally, noting the centrality of this Report towards ensuring the implementation of the two-thirds gender principle, I advise that the House Business Committee prioritise the consideration of the Report. The House is accordingly guided."
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