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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms) Odhaimbo- Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "people being mistreated. In Kenya almost every week, we see a lady from Nyeri, Kisumu and other parts of this country who has been killed and her body thrown out. Yet we have a law which I sponsored on human trafficking. We also have information on clear measures the Government is taking to protect such women. When you talk about the UN Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, I was hoping the Government would tell us what measures they have put in place to effect the one-third affirmative action principle. As we speak now, the numbers have not reached that level. If you talk about the Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDOW); if you talk about treaties being self-executing, then this Parliament has not achieved even the 30 per cent. This Parliament should have 50 per cent women, if you are talking about CEDOW as part of the laws of this country. CEDOW talks of equality and not equity. I would also want to talk about the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the African Charter on Human and People Rights and the UN Convention on Human Rights, which hon. Ababu has spoken to. If you talk about insecurity and human rights in this country as standards that are going down, and the way the Government is treating civil society then we have cause to worry. I would have hoped to see that, rather than listing for us the Bills and laws that we have passed as a country, I would have hoped that the Government would have indicated to us clearly what measures have been put in place to progress and not to regress the ratio. My worry is that, as a country, we are regressing on human rights standards. Extra judicial killings are being reported all over the place. Yesterday, Al Jazeera TV reported cases of extra judicial killings. We would want the Government to investigate what Al Jazeera said. We do not need to rely on Jicho Pevu and Al Jazeera on issues of human rights abuses. Under our laws, we have provided that the President needs to tell us very clearly the measures that have been put in place to protect our human rights. I can tell you for a fact that I am not seeing that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is an hon. Member who has spoken on the issue of the Arms Treaty. I can only see references to what we are doing at the African level, not at international level. Kenya is severely affected by proliferation of small arms. I know the ten minutes you are saying is a lot is not. I am looking at the issue of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its imbalance even in negotiating world trade agreements, especially for our farmers. What I am seeing here, even in relation to that, is that we are the ones who are supposed to note the President’s Report. Instead, the President looks like he is the one noting what the loss is and not what is happening in the country. Because of time, I cannot look wholly at this issue, but I can tell you I have very serious reservations. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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