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    "id": 1555497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "(a) suing and being sued; (b) purchasing or otherwise acquiring, holding, charging and disposing of movable and immovable property; (c) borrowing and lending money; and (d) doing or performing all other things or acts necessary for the proper performance of its functions under this Act which may lawfully be done or performed by a body corporate. The inter-ministerial committee shall comprise of- (a) The chairperson; (b) The Principal Secretary responsible for gender or their representative designated in writing; (c) The Principal Secretary responsible for basic education or their representative designated in writing; (d) The Principal Secretary responsible for finance or their representative designated in writing; (e) The Principal Secretary responsible for correctional facilities or their representative designated in writing; (f) The Principal Secretary responsible for higher education or their representative designated in writing; (g) The Principal Secretary responsible for vocational and technical training or their representative designated in writing; (h) The Principal Secretary responsible for public health or their representative designated in writing; (i) The Attorney-General or their representative designated in writing; (j) The Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission or their representative designated in writing; (k) The Director General for Health or their representative designated in writing; and The Provision of Sanitary Towels Bill, 2024 73 (l) Three persons, not being public officers, of whom— (i) One shall be nominated by the Council of County Governors; (ii) One shall be nominated by a public benefit organization concerned with matters related to gender; and (iii) One shall be nominated by the umbrella body representing the largest number of organizations in the private sector. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, after thorough public participation, it was noted that while an inter-ministerial committee is necessary, it should be lean to align with austerity measures. Therefore, (f) and (g) will be brought back to the Floor of the House, hopefully to propose their removal through an amendment. Additionally, through the proposal of making the committees lean and reducing the membership from 14 to nine, we hope to bring to the Floor of the House an amendment to propose removal of (i), (j) and (k). We had proposed amendments that we hope will come to the Floor of the House. We agreed to remove it because we had proposed the Attorney-General, the Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) as well as the Director The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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