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    "id": 575847,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ndiritu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Mathenge Ndiritu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. First of all, it is viewed that it is only female MCAs who are to be nominated. It is a bit unfortunate to my male colleagues and even to some women who have insinuated that it is only women who are going to be nominated. In some cases, and the best example is my constituency, out of five wards, we have three elected female MCAs and two elected male MCAs. This means that, in our case, if we were to nominate, they would have nominated me. So, to my male colleagues, this does not only apply to women, but also to men. I sympathise with the Nyandarua County Women Representative who said that they never elected even one woman in the whole county. It is unfortunate and in the next election, she should be working to empower many women, so that we can get numbers in the county. I am a father of two daughters and I have always told them that they have to fight hard to win their place in the society. Without anticipating debate, I know there is something going on in the National Assembly which makes it competitive for women to get these seats. I support the idea that assemblies should not be constituted until the membership is fully constituted. Nominated MCAs like the nominated Members that we have here, have equal rights with elected Members. So, denying them the opportunity to be part of the processes that constitute the assembly is unfair. Committees are the ones that make most of the laws. They study and deliberate issues. Making them not part of that deliberation is denying them the opportunity that they were given to even come and push issues probably for the marginalised, persons with disabilities and women. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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