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    "id": 290444,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "The amendments to the Political Parties Act and Elections Act, yes, they are necessary. But let us remember as Members of Parliament that we are making these laws not for ourselves, but for posterity. Let us not take this opportunity to encourage party hopping. Let us make the laws stronger and not weaker. I want to suggest that if the Government has good faith for filling the one-third gender requirement, we should have had a proposal here to amend the Political Parties Act and the Elections Act to compel parties to have one-third of their nominees for contesting on the seats as women. This is something which we, as a House, must introduce at a later stage. We must introduce a mechanism overriding the one-third rule. The lip-service of a constitutional amendment now sounds hollow as the election date, which is December, continues to draw near. I will, therefore, be seeking Members’ support. If the Minister does not introduce the amendment, then we shall do so ourselves."
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