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    "id": 580130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have a petition to present regarding the one- third gender representation stalemate. Standing Order No.225(2)(b) requires that the Speaker reports to the House any petition other than those presented through a Member. I, therefore, wish to convey to the House that my office is in receipt of a petition signed by one Major (Rtd.) Joel Kiprono Rop, a resident of Bomet County. The Petitioner is proposing a formula for addressing the question of one-third gender representation. In the petition, the Petitioner prays that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, initiates the process of amending the Constitution and all other relevant laws to resolve what he describes as the current one-third gender rule stalemate. He, therefore, recommends: First, amend Articles 97(1)(b) and Article 98 of the Constitution to transfer the 47 women Members of the National Assembly to the Senate. Secondly, reconstitution of the National Assembly to include 94 women nominated by the county assemblies whereby each county will nominate two women Members of the county assemblies (MCAs) to be Members of the National Assembly. Thirdly, restriction of the rest of nominations in the National Assembly to a few representatives of the special interest groups, namely persons with disabilities and other minorities."
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