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    "id": 523244,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kinyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Just to add my voice to this two- third gender debate, we have a country of men and women that must work together to define their destiny and to move forward. This country must have both men and women in leadership. The two-thirds gender rule is not about women replacing men. It is about men and women of our country moving forward. If you look at Article 100, the duty of this Parliament is to pass a legislation that will be used in 2017. We are not required by this Constitution in this House to meet the one-third or two-third gender rule. If you look at Article 100, it is to pass legislation within five years; this is the deadline given by the Supreme Court; we should do it by August of 2015. We are required to pass legislation that will be applied in the 2017 election and that will move the country forward in terms of progressive realisation of gender equality. So, it is not true to say that by August we are required to bring more women to this House. We are only required to pass legislation that will be used in the 2017 election. A country where men and women live together is a good country. Here we will champion that law. We will ask that women be also allowed to come to this House. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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