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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "up to 16 Members. This happened not because CORD does not believe in women leadership or that we believe more, but our support for women leadership must move from high sounding declaration by political parties. It must move into action. Before you came Hon. Speaker, you are aware of the kind of nomination procedures and rules parties put themselves through. Having been through that process, I would like to state with authority that when you put a huge premium and penalty on anybody causing violence at the nomination level and ensure there is a level playing field at the nomination level, then women and young people will get elected. That is what has happened in Jubilee. The other day, we were discussing Hon. Wamalwa’s amendment on the Political Parties Act to deal with funding; that a party cannot get funding if more than two-thirds of its officials are of the same gender. How many parties are complying with that? I know my party and URP are. How many parties within CORD are complying? I think the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is complying. I know Hon. (Ms.) Wanga is the chairlady of the county. When it comes to Chairs of the county, at least, one-third must be from either gender. I would like to ask leaders of parties - and I can see the Chairman, my opposite number Hon. Mbadi and the Secretary-General of ODM, Hon. Wamalwa, the embattled deputy party leader of FORD (K), Hon. Eseli and the Chairman of URP here - that even within our party rules, to consider this. Let us ensure that not more than two-thirds are of either gender. We should involve women in those levels of leadership."
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