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    "id": 353597,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kinoti",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Buuri",
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Gatobu Kinoti",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker, Sir. I wish to request your guidance on an issue. But first of all, I congratulate you on your election as the hon. Speaker of the National Assembly. Now, there is an issue we have been addressing so hard, the issue of gender parity. But then we have forgotten the Affirmative Action on an issue that is also of large national concern. That is the issue of the youth. Going forward, I wish to request your guidance here in the Committee of Selection. We have about 28 per cent. That is way less than the third gender rule that was passed in the Constitution. Recognizing that the court ruled that it will be transitional to include a third in the gender rule--- Now, I seek your guidance as to whether the selection in the remaining committees will consider the third gender rule or the representation that is here in this House. I wonder whether the Selection Committee will take that into consideration. Here, we have about one fifth being women but then in the Constitution it requires a third. Now which rule will be followed; the representation of the House or the third gender rule? Secondly, I wish to request your guidance on the issue of the youth because it is also a national affirmative action. Thirdly, I wish to request your guidance on the issue of Independent Candidates. I think going forward, it must be reflected all over. It must be reflected in the House Committees, whether it is on the issue of the youth, gender and disability."
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