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    "id": 23840,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, while I see the spirit of observing the principle of gender equity, let us not pass a law which becomes impossible to operationalise. When parties nominate candidates for an election, they nominate one person for each seat. If there is a by-election, for example, as will happen in Gatundu North, it is for one seat. How are political parties going to nominate a person who is two-thirds of one gender and one-third of another gender? You cannot nominate three people to vie for one seat. So, basically, the intention is good, but we must remember here that we are not talking about a party list. We are talking of an election. A party can only nominate one candidate, and that candidate cannot be of two genders. So, the amendment may be good, but it can only apply where a party is providing a party list of nominees, and not when it is nominating a candidate. I want us to make sure that we do not legislate on something here which has good intentions, but which cannot be implemented."
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