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    "content": "Gender Bill in the National Assembly, we did not consult well with the men even though we need their support. When a woman Member of Parliament leaves her house, she leaves a husband who has allowed her and is supporting her to be in Parliament. Therefore, we need support from the male Members of Parliament and to consult them to be better Legislators. Some male Members of Parliament have been in Parliament longer than us and have gone through experiences that we can learn from. We agreed that if they allow us, we need to have a better relationship with them so as to make our legislation a better journey. We discussed the issue of funding for women and agreed that as Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians, we need to look for funding outside our comfort zones. Mostly, women parliamentarians go to look for funding from the local Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs). For instance, here in Kenya, we do it under the Kenya Women Parliamentarians Association (KEWOPA). However, we leave out the big companies that operate in this country. We were advised that there are companies that operate in this country which we have allowed as legislators to do business. A good example of such companies is the Unilever and the Coca Cola Companies. Women need to come up with proposals or ideas that could help us to be supported by such companies. We also need to find a way of encouraging and empowering the women back at home because I am so sure that someone like my grandmother in the village does not know what a Gender Bill is or how I represent her in Parliament. She will only get to know how I represent her here if I let her know. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to find methods of creating, disseminating and packaging information in a way that my grandmother in the village can understand. That is where companies such as the Unilever and the Coca Cola will come in. Women will be able to go to them with proposal and inform them that we want to create awareness on how we can change the voting patterns among women say a county like Homa Bay County or how we can empower women to make their own money. Companies such as the Unilever and the Coca Cola Companies will only support ideas that are good enough. What came out of that workshop is that women need to work together. We have been told time and again that women are their own worst enemies. However, I beg to differ because if I fell down right now, it is the women who would come over to help me. The men will be left laughing and waiting for my legs to go up for them to see something. However, the women would come to my rescue."
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