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    "id": 200036,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/200036/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to support this Part V11A very strongly. Already, there is a Presidential directive to give one-third consideration to women in all public service employment. This Part is very well crafted. In Section 65A, it gives the Minister who is in charge of Public Service the power to exempt any public authority. So, if there are any worries that all public service authorities will employ in that manner, the Minister will be able to exempt. What this whole Section is doing is to enable the Minister to have legal powers to ensure that affirmative action for women, which is already adopted as a policy in this country, is applied in jobs. When it is a Presidential directive, there is no legal means of even auditing how it is done. It is wholly administrative. So, this gives the legal muscle to the Minister in charge of Public Service to be able to enforce the directive. It also gives a mechanisms for complaints where that one-third content is not complied with. When we remember that our country is composed of both men and women--- We are parents to sons and daughters and this is something that we should support. It is something that would take the country forward. I urge all Members to support this very noble crafted Section and congratulate the hon. Member who has moved this Clause---"
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