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    "id": 229617,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamanda",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 221,
        "legal_name": "Maina Kamanda",
        "slug": "maina-kamanda"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank His Excellency the President because, first, you all know that, in October, 2006, he gave a directive on affirmative action that 30 per cent of women should be employed in the Government Ministries. I want to report here that action has already been taken and the Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, through a Presidential directive, has directed all the Ministers and Permanent Secretaries that in any recruitment being done in this country, the rule of 30 per cent being women has to be observed. Also, in December, 2006, His Excellency the President talked about women and he empowered and recommended that the Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization's members be involved in the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, His Excellency the President was on it again. He talked about the Women's Enterprise Development Fund. I want to urge hon. Members that to empower women in decision-making, we do not need to come here and shed crocodile tears. We need to focus on the need to have 30 per cent of the nominations in our parties being women. This is an election year. So that we can have 30 per cent women representation in this House next year, we want all the political parties, if they are serious about women issues, to set aside 30 per cent chances for women during nomination. That is the only time we can see that political parties are serious about issues of women. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to dwell on that issue. I have realised that male Members of Parliament just want to sweet-talk women and tell them: \"We are helping you\", but, in reality, there is nothing coming out from male Members of Parliament. So, I would appeal to even my own party that when we go to nominations---"
}