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    "content": "party becomes a key issue than any other person. We need to bring in that respect even when we sit in this Senate with our colleagues. It is important for them to remember the nominated women brought in even more votes than they think. At that time when you were campaigning in your county, she was given the responsibility to be in the national campaign and ensure that you get your numbers. Therefore, when we arrive here and we are sworn in, we believe we are equal at that point, regardless. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are those who go out there and do a good job, even better than those who were elected. When a colleague stands up and tells a woman that because you are nominated, you are unqualified, to me, that is where it now becomes more evident that we have to fight for our space. Even when you hold a position and the Standing Orders are explicit, we still have those fights. There is no longer the respect of what is written. It is now bare knuckles to participate in politics in Kenya for any position. We appreciate the report of the IPU and as we move on, we want to thank all our colleagues who we have had dinners and lunches with to deliberate on this issue. We even had another meeting today. I plead with the Majority Leader at the National Assembly to ensure that when the Bill comes up, it goes through. We also plead with our colleagues in the Senate – we know we will have a bigger tussle in the Senate than at the National Assembly – to look at the good of the country and the Constitution. If you want to know that the issue of women is important, you should look at the amendments of the “ Okoa Kenya” Initiative . If you want to imagine the issue of women is not an issue, Women issues are dismissed at the party level. That is when they compromise and ensure that women’s issues are not an agenda within us. It is neither here nor there. While there is a proposal to have a fund for Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), I wish that they proposed the same for women and said that we need this number of women without a formula. However, because this is a strong male agenda, you will find it hidden somewhere and before Kenyans find it, it is not even in the media headlines. Even when it is there, nobody will know about it. We need every institution to support this agenda. We need the media to help us and highlight why women in these positions go through certain situations. They should not ask a woman why she needs a position or what have the others done. I beg to second this Motion and support our Chairperson."
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