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    "id": 653860,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, with regard to Standing Order No.62(2), we want to thank the 195 Members who voted for the Bill today. The difference between 233 and 195 is only 38 Members. We did a lot of lobbying. We spoke to each other. We came very close to passing the two-thirds gender law. If you allow us another five days or another few days, we are sure that we are going to have the 38 Members that we did not have today. We can already see that the Members who did not vote “yes” today were only 28. A further time allocation, under Standing Order No.62, will allow us to close that gap. If you allow the vote to come back next week, probably on Wednesday as opposed to now, we can confirm to this House that the 195 Members who voted for the Bill will do so again. We will reach out to the 38 Members and the Members who were not available today. Our principals will get on this matter and help us to convince Members. We are sure that the few brothers who did not vote for the Bill today will vote next week. A few female Members were not present in the House today. They will be present if we implement Standing Order No.62 (2). These matters have been on the chancellor’s foot. We have a new Constitution which we interpret every day. Hon. Speaker, every other time, you have to make a rule or extend the spirit of the Constitution. In the spirit of that Constitution, allow Standing Order No.62(2) to apply so that we can come back and vote. For the female Members, we clearly need another dinner dance. Those who might have missed the dinner dance yesterday should not worry. Over the weekend, there will be another one so that the Bill can pass next week."
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