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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Gender and Equality Commission Bill seeks to establish a commission with specific functions as provided in Clause 8 of the Bill; to safeguard the gains made towards securing gender parity. Membership of the Commission is limited to five members subject to the wisdom of this House and four other members. The idea is to ensure that the Commission is not unnecessarily large. The process of appointment is extremely transparent and competitive while also taking into account the principle of regional and ethnic balance and you will find that in Clause 11 of the Bill. We are also proposing, with absolute confidence, that the Commission be given special powers to enable it to summon persons to appear before it to produce any relevant documents or other material and to assist the Commission in its investigations. You will find that in Clause 11. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in a nutshell, allow me to thank this House for the retreat that occurred last weekend in Mombasa. I will always remember the quality debate. Although I was unable to attend, I received the reports as well as the presentations made. I want to salute this House without fear for accepting the policy that this Ministry, together with my sister hon. Shaban has developed, to restructure this very important Commission to allow our women to have a Gender and Equality Commission, specifically dealing with their issues. Allow me to remind this House, as I will continue doing in the remaining few weeks on this Bill, that the retired Constitution in Article 16 had empowered Parliament to pass a law to determine the number of Ministers. Over 48 years, it was never done. You notice that the country is always complaining about a bloated Government; a bloated Cabinet. In the retired Constitution, Article 109 had given Parliament the discretion to enact a law to determine the retirement age of the Attorney-General of the country. As I speak, it had to be the new Constitution that has now provided for that. Parliament never enacted that law, notwithstanding having the discretion. Again, Article 109 of the retired Constitution, Parliament had been given---"
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