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"speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Senior Counsel is my senior. I am just a third year student in law. I just want to inform him that English has different understandings the same way you would kill a goat by pressing it on the ground or cutting off its head. It depends on how you understand it. Tharaka-Nithi and Nyamira translate English differently. I do not blame him for having different understanding. I understand that they say, “For the welfare of society and the just government of the people” to mean a clear demonstration of governance and leadership as about both men and women, and not just men alone. I will go back to my point so that I am not derailed any farther. We must all accept that our lives have men, sons, fathers and partners who have been supportive of our spaces out here. It is so beautiful and we must just embrace it. I have seen comment number 133 in the Committee’s Report. I just want to read what the justification says because I still cannot believe my eyes. It says, “The proposal is too ambitious and cannot be implemented in the current Parliament. It would be neater to implement the proposal during the next general election.” The Kenya Kwanza Government has been a Government of braveries that has attempted to implement the Social Health Authority (SHA), the Housing Levy, and other things. They believe it can work. Why is it considered not neat, impossible, or ambitious when it comes to women's issues? Why are we afraid of implementing something because we think it is too ambitious? Since when did we, the people or leaders of Kenya, think anything as being too ambitious? Is it just because this particular one involves women? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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