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    "id": 1503738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dorothy Muthoni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also wish to support the nomination of Hon. Rehema Dida Jaldesa as the Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission. At the same time, I support the member called Michael Nzomo Mbithuka. I thank the Committee that vetted the two nominees and commend His Excellency the President for picking the best brains to handle that Commission. Briefly, as we talk about femicide, I challenge ourselves. This crisis has arisen and happened. We really do not know why. We may never strike a balance or get an answer if we do not unearth the real reason why the young men are so bitter with women. As we talk about gender equity, let us critically scrutinise to know what has gone wrong in our society. We, as women, are the mothers of boys and girls. We bring those children up together. However, we, at some point, realise that this is out of reach. Let us unearth the reasons and strike a balance by knowing why our boys are so bitter to the extent of turning into beasts. I join my sister, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, in condemning the wordings of whoever. As much as the Leader of the Majority Party exonerated the member of county assembly (MCA) who wrote those words, that is the deep thinking of a majority of men and even women. When I came to Parliament, it is not men who were talking evil of nominated women. It is the women. Let us not condemn men. Let us scrutinise ourselves, go beyond our boundaries and check what happened in America where the gender issue never arose anywhere when Kamala Harris was campaigning. They were campaigning with Trump at par. Let us respect our boundaries. Let us respect ourselves and be truthful to ourselves so that we can move this society to better life for ourselves, for both men and women. I wish Rehema Jaldesa and her team happy tidings as they run that Commission. As Parliament, let"
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