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    "id": 1503742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1503742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Agnes Mantaine",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you for giving me this opportunity to support the nomination of Rehema as the Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission. Commissions perform a lot of good work. The problem is funding. I was the Chairperson of the Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Board (Anti-FGM). We know the commissioners are not supposed to be in their offices, but in the field. The money they are given is not enough to facilitate them to meet the people they are supposed to talk to. It is time we looked at the commissions that are supposed to promote equal opportunities for women. They are not funded well, starting from the Ministry of Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage. I met the former Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage, and what she talked about was horrible. She was getting insufficient funding. The same thing will happen to the National Gender and Equality Commission. It is not about the nominated person, because I know she is a performer and she will perform. We do not expect any results if she will not have enough money or resources to enable her to go out. Gender is not about women alone. It is about boys and girls. We are supposed to look at both genders. I remember going to a meeting last week and a young man raised an issue in that meeting and said: “Mama, you have done much for girls. Why do you leave us alone?” I felt it because we are supposed to address the issues affecting both boys and girls. For that reason, I support the Commission and look forward to seeing a day when we will find resources for commissions that are supposed to promote issues of women and men."
}