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    "id": 208795,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/208795/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
        "slug": "wakoli-bifwoli"
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    "content": " Regarding the rejection of the Wako Draft, I would like to remind the House that when the multi-sectoral forum that was set up by this House was recommending the way forward, its co-chair, when he was saying what had been agreed on those issues, he said: \"The provisions of the Wako Draft will form the basis of the way forward.\" Mr. Speaker, Sir, the affirmative action has been debated for a long time in this House. Kenya, as we all know, has done very well economically in producing the manpower for the region and issues of democracy in the region. In fact, we like to pride ourselves as one of the leading 3234 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 15, 2007 countries in Africa today when it comes to economic and social development. Indeed, other countries look up to Kenya when it comes to those issues. Now, one matter that we have not done very well is gender representation in this august House. At the international level, the average percentage of women representation in national assemblies is 17 per cent. In Kenya, currently, the average representation is only 7.3 per cent, which means that we are well-below the average. We like to pride ourselves that we are the big power in this region. I believe the Mover of the Bill has quoted the percentages of women representation in the various countries in the region; whether it is in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. I can easily include Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of Congo---"
}