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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I contribute to this Bill, I would like to thank very much the Leader of the Majority Party, whom I do not agree with in many instances but today, I fully agree with him, and the Member for Ainabkoi, who is also the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, for very ably moving and seconding this very important Bill. Affirmative action is a global concept. Let me start by giving you a quote that was made by President Lyndon Johnson to justify affirmative action. With regard to affirmative action as pertains to race relations, he said:- “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have been completely fair.” Affirmative action measures are meant to break down barriers – those that we can see and those that we cannot see – and to bring people to a level playing field. As the Majority Leader and the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs have both said, this Bill is not about women. It is about gender and that refers to both men and women. Today, as a House, we are standing up for our sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters. Today will go down in the history of this country and this House as a very important day. The mood of the House is very good moving forward. The coming of the Pope and what he said was very useful. He said:- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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