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    "content": "That initial recruitment was not incidentally the appointment by the Ministry. Again, because of our historical trend, indeed, the women have received a raw deal. Essentially, therefore, as the officers in the Provincial Administration who are properly trained in various areas when promotions come, they normally come for the serving officers in the Provincial Administration who have demonstrated their capacity in the field; that, of course, has meant that women have received a raw deal. We have done the best we could to ensure we are able to recruit more and more ladies. However, because of the progression, you will find, therefore, that we do have a pyramidical scenario. At a much lower base, the gender part of it is being met, as we are doing in the case of chiefs and assistant chiefs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the particular deployment of these officers as county officers, I did everything possible to tell my officers, let us look for the ladies wherever we can. We did so. Many of them, I have to say, were in much lower grades. The one we were able to get, we even had to bend much lower just as much as we had to bend in the marginal areas to be able to get these officers to the positions they are in. I want to tell you this, when you come to the regional commissioners and county commissioners, first of all, it is important to understand that within the entire Provincial Administration, we have had a table scenario over the fact that in the case of males, because of the historical problem, they comprise 78.8 per cent. That was the scenario. In the case of the females, they constitute 21.2 per cent. In fact, I want to also tell you that when you come to the District Commissioners (DCs), who are substantive and acting, male are 90.7 per cent and women 9.3 per cent. I have to state this. It is a pyramidical situation. Much lower, the gender balance is almost coming to the position stipulated by the Constitution but as you go higher, that has now been the situation. Now, because---"
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