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    "id": 1503705,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1503705/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moyale, UPIA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Guyo Jaldesa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support my namesake, alumni and a friend, for having been nominated to the position of Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission. She is an alumnus of the famous Garbatula High School. I support her 100 per cent because I know her. She is competent and up to the task, and she will succeed as long as Parliament supports the Commission. People talk about gender when they do not know the difference between gender and sex. The National Gender and Equality Commission is not a women’s commission. If we want a women’s commission, we should think of setting up one. The National Gender and Equality Commission was derived from the 1995 Beijing Conference. During the 1995 Beijing Conference, the world decided that we needed to have equal opportunity for both men and women. Fortunately, next year, the world will mark the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) and one of the actions is to ensure equality for both men and women in this country. Kenya has done a lot. Kenya has made progress in terms of the two-thirds gender in many places, including Parliament and our universities. Today, majority of students in public universities are women, and courses like medicine, engineering and law are dominated by women. That is the affirmative action that was championed by the late, former President, Hon. Daniel Arap Moi. Given the right stewardship, the National Gender and Equality Commission will deliver. I am confident that we have done the right thing in supporting it."
}