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    "id": 1555735,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, you remember we vetted another nominee whom the House rejected. This is the second nominee. If you asked me, the Cabinet Secretary for Gender should be a man because gender cuts across. I think a man would have served the interests of women better than women themselves. He would have made sure that gender parity is mainstreamed in this country. If I were made the Cabinet Secretary for Gender, I would ensure this House conforms to the two-thirds gender rule. I would make sure women get their rights. I would ensure that no appointment happens in this country without meeting the two-thirds gender rule. I think the right person to be Cabinet Secretary for Gender is a man. Why do I say so? It looks like women who are given an opportunity to deal with their matters do not take the task seriously. I hope Ms Wendot, if approved by this House, will take women issues very seriously. Secondly, she must apologise for the remarks she made about women who have been killed in Airbnb. Whether you are looking for money or not, you do not deserve to be killed. Death is not an answer to anything. You cannot affirm whether those ladies were after money or not. How do you know whether it was love that went sour? You cannot know. Because of her qualifications, I have a lot of confidence that she will do the work. She came before the Committee with a lot of confidence and a lot of experience. She showed that she can do the work. On that front, I support her and we should give her a chance but not on the issue of girls killed in Airbnb. Maybe when some people appear before Committees, they may panic. There was a Cabinet Secretary who appeared before a Committee one time, but she could not answer a question. I later asked her what had happened. She told me that she did not know whether she had been bewitched when she appeared before the committee. The Committee rejected her nomination, but later the House approved her appointment. In terms of qualifications, Ms. Wendot is a lawyer and she has done very well. She was the wife of a former politician. She has interacted very well with the public for the last 20 years. She is a leader in the church and a social worker. She has all the qualifications to advance the agenda of womenfolk in this country. If she finds favour with this House, she must give a clear statement of apology on the remarks she made to the nation and especially to the women of Kenya. From there, she can assume office. In fact, that should have been a condition precedent to our approval. We should have provided that we approve her on condition that she apologises to the women of Kenya. Femicide is a very serious offence in this country. Women are killed for no reason. She is the person we are putting in office to protect women, not to agree with the killers that the women look for money. Who told you that when a man is in a room with a woman she is looking for money? It could be the man who is looking for money. It could be the man who is poor. It could be the man who does not have money and wants to con the woman. Do not underrate women nowadays when it comes to money. Many women are rich. Some of them sitting here are very rich. Some of them are richer than us. There is one facing me and I know what she owns."
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