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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
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        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that would be the case if I mentioned an hon. Member by name. What I am saying is that women inside here have even taken us for a seminar to tell us about women issues and the way forward. Four years down the line, what have they done? They have done totally nothing. I know His Excellency Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs knows more about women issued than the Deputy Leader of the Government Business, because he is an experienced man. He has acquired experience. What I am saying is that men tend to understand issues related to women more than women themselves. Men find solutions to women's problems better than women themselves do. In conclusion, the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services has to be very serious. There is a huge junk of our society which has been marginalised not by choice but by factors raised by the Assistant Minister who moved this Sessional Paper. It is the duty of the Government to address women issues the same way it has addressed youth issues. Let us even starve the Office of the President. Instead of giving the Office of the President so many billions of shillings, let us transfer that money to the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services. If women have money, there will be no insecurity in the villages. If there is food, people will not steal. If people do business, society will be very safe. So, we should not give a lot of money to the Office of the President. We spent over 200 million, refurbishing the Harambee House Office of the President, but the President has never transacted any business from there. Suppose we had given that money to women groups in the villages? We would have empowered them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, women should, therefore, be given resources, scholarships and bursaries. Once this Sessional Paper is adopted, women should be given priority in many areas. In fact, from next year, let it be Government policy to prioritise issues relating to women. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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