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    "id": 638916,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/638916/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Anyone who advances the notion that nominating more women would be too expensive and will increase the wage bill in this country is completely and totally mistaken. If you look at the amount of money we lost in the National Youth Service (NYS) saga, it would pay for five years the 28 Members of Parliament. It is in fact corruption which is expensive. It is not the nomination of women into this House or the Senate. The requirement under Article 27(8) of the Constitution is that there must be, at least, two-thirds of either gender in any institution. This seeks to ensure that we meet the requirement in the Constitution. We considered this in the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Many people have also been trending with the notion that this will require a referendum. It does not require a referendum and when the two Houses pass it, it will become law. On the question of interpretation, that will be left to the Supreme Court or the High Court. As we sit right now, there is an order from the Supreme Court that a Bill must be introduced into the House for debate for purposes of ensuring that we comply with Article 27(8) and 81(b) of the Constitution."
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