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    "id": 600698,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omondi",
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        "legal_name": "Godliver Nanjira Omondi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. May I add my voice to this Motion that touches on matters of women. As women, we share the same institutions in education matters but the differences emerge when looking for leadership positions. It is high time that we, as a country, worked together as a team to bring all categories of Kenyan people including the vulnerable women and youth to build a strong nation that is economically empowered. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, women need political goodwill at all levels where they take leadership positions. Women also need financial muscle or support to compete with their colleagues or counterparts in seeking leadership positions. This can only be achieved if we get support from men of this country. At the end of the day, we need one another. We are friends, brothers and sisters. We are married to men and give birth to girls. Everybody takes care of his or her child knowing that in future that child will support the family. It does not matter whether it is a boy or girl. We all take our children to school for them to be good managers and leaders who will take positions of leadership and support the economy of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion because we need a friendly environment that will allow women in this country to have the freedom of competing or seeking positions without the fear of being handled in a manner indicating that they are not recognised in the society. For us to eradicate poverty, we must support the leadership of women right from the grassroots level up to the national and international level. Everybody understands that women are good in multitasking. We can do very many things at ago. Somebody told me he did not understand how I could talk to two people and answer each of them at the same time. This is an indication that women can multitask. That is why we need to support women leadership so that we have a strong nation where everybody is given the authority and space to lead, express themselves and make contributions to issues that affect the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a week before the KCPE Examinations began, I took time to visit schools and wish candidates success in their examinations. In the school that I visited, whenever I asked the pupils about their leaders, it came out that most of them were boys. In a few cases, the deputies were girls. Therefore, that is happening right from schools; that the girl-child cannot be given a leadership position. I left a message with the schools’ management that it is high time they used affirmative action to enable girls to take leadership positions. This will enable them to understand, as they grow up, that the top-most seats are not for men only. When most girls grow up, they do not seek leadership positions because of lack of exposure and the assumption that they cannot take up those positions. Parliament has a role to play to ensure that we nurture our women and girls to seek leadership positions in this country. In so doing, we will achieve the desired development in this country. 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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