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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was consulting one of the Members of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. You will remember that when we started this debate we were cognizant of the fact that the Committee had not looked at these particular amendments. I am now told that they have done so, and the Vice-Chair will be coming with the report of the Committee. My contiribution is that before the Committee’s report what has come out is clearly controversial. There are proposed amendments to the NGO sector, gender balance in the appointment of the Inspector-General (IG) and his deputies. Another controversy is about the SRC. I will be interested to see the proposals of the Committee. It was good to hear the hon. Member who has spoken before me speak about the good things in this miscellaneous amendments Bill. There are controversial proposals, but we must always be able to recognize those that are not, and those that are helpful. I want to be one of those who want to go on record---- I have already given my opinion to the Leader of the Majority Party, who moved these amendments. It is that for as long as you keep on clawing back at the gains that women in this country have fought for, for years, we will not be party to supporting anything that is brought here in the name of doing away with the gender balance in the appointment of the IG and his deputies. As we speak now, the deputy of the IG is Lady Grace Kaindi. It is obvious that by bringing this amendment you are saying that either you have no confidence in the leadership of Lady Kaindi, or that there are no other women who can do the kind of work she has done. It is good to note that during the interviews for the IG, gender balance was observed. The person who became second in position at the interviews was a woman."
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