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    "id": 1479809,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "where we are today. We need a support system for our young people and People with Disability (PWDs); we need them on the table. I am happy women are receiving much attention, but where will youth go? The youth have come up strongly out of their own energy and zeal. What about the PWDs? What will we do to them? What about the minorities and the marginalised? As a political party, we must be deliberate, so we proposed that we ring-fence or create protected constituencies for only women to give them chances of winning seats. While I agree that could work, how long will it last? Like the women's representative seat, it has a sunset clause. You and I know that. What will we do to ensure more women are in leadership, elective and appointive positions, in cabinet, the presidency, and the Senate? In the future, we must have either a speaker or a deputy speaker who is a woman of substance. We don't see you through the lenses of gender. I am happy, but I want to ask women leaders who should champion their rights together with those of minorities, marginalised youth and PWDs in the future. I agree that political parties should be registered, and there should be regulation, functions, supervision, and management of political parties and accounting restrictions. I still have a few minutes to conclude. With the use of public resources, many by- elections are coming up. Some of us are political party leaders here; please fast-track the issue of the appointment of substantive Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners. So that places like Banisa constituency and wards that do not have Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), can have the opportunity to elect MCAs and Members of Parliament. I appeal that, as a nation, it is the right time to put IEBC in place so that by-elections can happen. However, I also want to appeal that we also become hard against using public resources, both at the county and national level, so that we protect the integrity of our offices. When elected, we are not elected to represent the interests of individuals, organisations or entities. Madam Temporary Speaker, as you know, corporations are so powerful in some countries that they even sponsor—kindly add me 30 seconds."
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