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    "id": 669321,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was at a time when people like my dear friend, “King” from Meru County, regarded the initiative as bure kabisa . Ms. Charity Ngilu did her best. We wanted it to be a sign of encouraging women to enter the political scene. I must say at that election, the number of women who were elected as councilors across the nation increased tremendously. I think it formed the first step that a lesson went to the public that, to assume that women could not climb to the higher echelons of politics was done a big blow. Mr. Speaker, Sir, subsequently when we formed the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) as a party in 2005/2006, the first Executive Director of that party was Madam Janet Ong’era who is currently a Senator here. So, we have milestones of women’s achievements in the politics and public affairs of this country which should be celebrated. I am not saying that that is the end of the journey. It is the beginning of an important journey which, nonetheless, shows that there are some people who have blazed the trail as women in our nation. Going back to history, some of the very progressive African leaders have demonstrated their progressive politics in taking a very firm stand on women and the women liberation movement. When Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was a student at Makerere University, the first book that he wrote was on women liberation. People do not know this but I launched this book at Makerere University some years ago and actually wrote a preface to this book. It had been sitting in the archives of publishers for long but finally Makerere University published it as a book to initiate a scholarship programme for women at Makerere University. Part of this programme was contributed to by the Joshua Mugenyi Foundation, which I also launched in Makerere University at that point in time. I think it was in 2008. Dr. Joshua Mugenyi was my Vice President in Makerere University when I was the President of the Makerere Students’ Guild. I am not in a hurry to be a president again because I have occupied that position before. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere wrote that book as a senior student at Makerere University. If you look at his writings, the emphasis of the freedom of and participation of women in politics --- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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