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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "clear mechanism of how those seats are going to be created. After the general elections, there will be no Parliament and Senate sitting. The mechanism of nominating those people must be clear. On the number of special seats to be taken by women, this nation should be made aware of the process of identifying them, which must give equal opportunities to every woman in the constituency. The county assemblies did not achieve the one-third gender rule and many women were appointed. It is not surprising to know that some of the women who were appointed as Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) were not known to the constituents before the elections. Women who will occupy the special seats should serve the interests of the constituents they represent. You should not be a friend to the appointing authority for you to qualify for those seats. You should have what it takes and your people must say that you are the right woman for that position. Right now, some women who have been appointed are making work more difficult because they do not represent their constituents, but themselves. The mechanism for nominating those women must be clear. Elected women must represent the interests of women in that specific county or constituency. The Bill specifies that a woman who occupies a special seat is qualified for re- nomination. It is my view that, once you have had the privilege of serving this House through a nomination, then five years should be enough to empower you. After five years, if you see the need to be a Member of Parliament, then you should go to the ballot and fight for that seat. If we do that, then we will have many women in 20 years as specified in the Bill. You have a choice of having four women being nominated to occupy the special seats and a choice of having two women, each serving for 10 years or four women, each serving for five years. I am proposing that every woman who is occupying these special seats serves a maximum of five years so that after five years, she will be empowered to run for that office. I hope Hon. (Ms.) Wanjiku Muhia will get a chance to speak on that."
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