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    "id": 530805,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Lay",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Wanjalah Lay",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. That means I am representing my people and I have to speak on their behalf. Their voices need to be heard. How can their voices be heard if we do not give them the opportunity to understand and be part and parcel of the law making process?So, when we start translating these laws into Kiswahili, if there is any Bill then it will also have to be in Kiswahili. I can give an example of the Lands Bill or Water Bill that touch on common wananchi. If we have it translated into Kiswahili a copy will be with the wananchi at the village level, or in a village participation forum, when we will be debating it here. That means wananchi will air their views and bring any amendments to that particular Bill. Their voices will be heard. They will talk, sit down and discuss that Bill and say they will not be agreeing to clauses 1, 2 and 3. I will collect their views and when I stand here to speak, argue and debate, I will be doing that from the point of view of the wananchi . I am sure that Kenya will be a better place to live in if we make these laws known to Kenyans. We will not have issues of Kenyans going round breaking laws; if I know the law, it is my right to make sure that I live according to that law. My appeal this morning is to hon. Members to support this Motion, and also make sure that, because we are the ones who approve the Budget, there is enough money that can be used in ensuring that this process starts as soon as possible. As I finish, I was giving an example of my county. There was a time when I brought an issue to Parliament concerning my women in the county whose rights were being violated. These women used to work in a certain mining area. In the evening, the woman who owned the mining area would go ahead and violate these women’s rights by searching them in their private parts using gloves, as if she was a doctor. She inserted her hands into their private parts. If these women had known that there was a law that protected them, they would have refused and asked why their rights were being violated."
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