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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) has been so frustrated walking from pillar to post, trying to speak to everybody and preaching something that we all know and yet it is 30 per cent. In counties, people are taking 50 per cent of representation in elective positions because we have achieved provisions of Article 27of the Constitution. When we sit in committee meetings, that is seen. One of the recommendations we have made is that in parliamentary committees, we must elect Chairs who are women. That is one of the recommendations and there are many others so that we can offer leadership. It is how we are going to build this country. We visited Sweden which is a Nordic country with of some of the Members who sit here. We visited at least two prisons where the leadership was by a woman. The Senators were so impressed that they congratulated them. In return, they said it is not a privilege but the positions were earned. That is where we need to be. When I was interrogating this issue in Zambia when we were dealing with the resolutions about how we can deal with gender parity, Sweden excused itself. They said they do not deal with quotas. They said it was not their issue because they are at 50 per cent. That is why their women go for maternity leave for six months and the men also take six months. It is in the law. I am sure we are going to get there soon but it is a starting point, so that we can give our daughters a chance. There are a number of girls who spend so much time here in the Senate hoping that one day they will be leaders. I would like to advise Sen. Sijeny that in my quest to check this issue, the sunset Clause is a problem. They tried it in Uganda and Egypt and the minute the sunset Clause expired, the figures went lower. So, 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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