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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to contribute in English. First and foremost, we followed the entire proceedings with Sen. Okong’o and others in the Senate Lounge. We decided that we need to speak to this matter - same with Sen. Lesuuda who was with us. We were persuaded. First, I congratulate the Mover of the Motion, who in my assessment is one of the strongest women leaders that we have in this country. She has distinguished herself as a person of impeccable character. Many a times, she has been a contender even against men and some most established politicians. So, even as she brings this Motion, nobody is ever in doubt of the electability of Sen. Ongoro for any position she might want to contest. In fact, she has been elected in a very difficult terrain and she has executed her functions with distinction. So, it is quite in order for somebody of that character to bring this type of a Motion so that we can all speak to it. This whole resolution to implement the one third gender rule in the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) is in conformity with the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. This country has proclaimed upon itself to ensure that all organs of Government shall have a one-third compliment of gender. Gender here could also mean that when men feel themselves insufficient in a similar setup, then there is almost a duty to ensure that you bring up the composition of that institution to meet that one-third gender requirement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a country, we must now start having the morality to export our values. We must desist from engaging institutions even at the global or international level that do not conform to the principles of our Constitution. Where we engage with such institutions, it is incumbent upon our membership to export these values and insist on various areas that we participate that women must be represented within the framework that the one-third gender rule is respected. We also need to start The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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