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    "content": "We and the executive of the national Government are supposed to come up with a policy. I was watching a clip showing the Prime Minister of Britain handling questions during Question Time every Friday afternoon. Yesterday was such a day and they put a title that the new Prime Minister, May has reduced this fellow, the leader of the opposition side who is a male, into nothing and like a rag which should be on the floor. I watched her talk. I am wondering whether our sisters are not misusing this and going too far with this Clause which says:- “Not more than two thirds of the members of elective bodies shall be of the same gender”. Did we really need to do this or we delete it after all? I am saying this because countries such as Britain and Germany have nothing like that. People show themselves up to show their competencies. Why should we give you sympathy when it comes to electoral positions while you are doing very well in the other fields? Look, for example, at Prof. Mugenda in the universities. She led Kenyatta University (KU) brilliantly. The only other person who beat her record was the late Prof. Eshiwani. There is also Prof. Marbel Imbuga, the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), who was propelled by nobody. There is time for everything. The time for maturity in politics for the ladies, may be another ten, 20 or 30 years to come. Why are you fast-tracking yourself to the extent that, now we are forcing things to happen here? If you look at the number of seats that we are talking about, I do not see why we should not be having people vying. For example, Sen. Mugo, was a Member Of Parliament (MP) for a long time. When we introduced these Clauses, it looks like the ladies went into slumber and relaxed. There are a few now who are in elective positions."
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