{"id":624106,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/624106/?format=json","text_counter":133,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Katoo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":199,"legal_name":"Judah Katoo Ole-Metito","slug":"judah-ole-metito"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In relation to the point of order raised by Hon. Millie Odhiambo, she has correctly put it that Standing Order No.173 talks of “as much as appropriate”. However, it is good to note that these are the same Members who have been in this Committee since March 2013; the beginning of this Parliament. We have not changed anybody. The Committee has just been having one lady. The fact is that there is no single Committee in this House that has one-third representation of women the reason being that the total proportion of women Members in the House is 20 per cent. A Member should belong to only two committees, namely, a departmental committee and one other committee. If you were to put a third of them in every committee, one woman Member will end up being in five committees."}