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    "id": 1544879,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "country in certain percentages. I want to declare that Kenya is for all Kenyans and we must all be part of running of this country. We want to tell anybody who thinks that they can only be there alone. We want to convince everybody that we do not need some communities to leave the Government for some to get in. We need everybody in this country. Possibly that is the reason this country is still holding up. After meeting the Head of State, as the leadership of my county, we also met the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. In our discussion, the former Prime Minister told us that we all belong to this country, we can all be comfortable in this country, and that we all need each other. He went ahead to say that nobody should be uncomfortable because somebody is part of this Government. After all, we all belong and we all have some space. Going back to the NADCO Report, I want to state here that I support it. In this country, we must implement the two-thirds gender rule. In our discussion with the President, he was very emphatic. I saw a man who has a vision for this country; a man who wanted to carry everybody in this country; a man who does not want to leave the youth behind; a man who does not want to leave women behind; a man who does not want to leave any quarter behind because he believes that in this country, we are all equal and we all belong to Kenya. The President promised that delegation that one thing he will see to its fruitful end is implementation of the two-thirds gender rule. Why do we want a country where we have women being over 55 per cent, but we do not want them to have an equal measure of seats in leadership at all levels and structures of decision-making? We are not specific that the gender rule will only affect--- When people talk about the gender rule, they go very fast to point at elective seats. Let us embrace the two-thirds gender rule, whether in appointive or elective positions. Since the Senate guards and protects the interest of the counties, the Senate must ensure that in the formation of structures in the counties, they adhere to the two- thirds gender rule. I have been a County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in a county government. All appointing authorities, even in the national Government, run to the minimum of not more than two-thirds. We have counties where people only go for only three women out of 10 appointive positions. Why do we not have even five-five? Why do we not have six women against four men? Why not the other way around? I am not saying that gender is only about women. I am mentioning women because it is the women who have not been considered much. As a country, let us include everybody in decision-making. Let us get women into seats. We are not only getting women into seats because we want to see the physical women. It is not just physical women that we are looking for. We are looking for the gender and the thinking of women to be brought up at the decision-making table. I am here because I was nominated on the gender platform. As we discuss here and make decisions, we are doing so with the thinking of other women outside the Houses in mind. As I support this Motion, I encourage the leadership of this country to give us the goodwill so that we solve this problem once and for all."
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