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    "id": 638948,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/638948/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "I also want to add one more thing. We have proposed a sunset clause to this affirmative action. Affirmative action by its very nature is temporary. Therefore, we are expecting that in 20 years, women will be well prepared and nurtured enough to participate actively in politics together with men, without the challenges that we are facing today. That the Kenyan population will have understood women leadership and will have no problem electing a woman going forward vis-à-vis a man in a competition. That is why we have set the sunset clause. The other thing we have done is that we have proposed a term limit of how much a person can benefit from affirmative action. So, if you are elected going forward on affirmative action, you cannot come back more than two terms. Why are we doing so? We are doing that on the basis of the understanding that after 10 years, you will be well prepared to face the rest of the men out there and be able to run an election and win as a woman. With those many remarks, may I beg the great men of this House to support this very important Bill for posterity! Thank you."
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