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    "id": 32315,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/32315/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Chepchumba",
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        "legal_name": "Peris Chepchumba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to thank the Minister for coming up with this Bill. For a long time, issues of gender, particularly women and children issues have taken a back seat, especially in politics, the economic and social spectrum. Laws have discriminated against women and children. Even leaders in the past have taken this class for granted, both in homes and on the political front. For those of us who have excelled in elective positions, it has taken us a lot of effort, persuasion and energy to go through these unimaginable levels to reach where we are. Thanks to the new Constitution, the National Gender and Equality Commission Bill will provide a window for the women in this country. Because they have been disadvantaged in the past, this Commission will provide them with space where their voice will be heard. I want to say time has come for women to realize that they have space in this country. The one-third principle should give women in this country a chance to take up their space and to compete equally in all spheres, be it politics, in social places, even in parastatals; be it in any field. It has given an equal space for women. This Bill is timely and I want to thank the Minister for bringing it. This Commission should be independent. We should have separation of power. I know it is going to raise the status of women and the disadvantaged in this country and they will have a voice or a platform to realize their equal opportunity to compete in all spheres."
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