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    "id": 674631,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Which is immense, as put by my able national party leader of FORD Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill for the memory my late mother, Mama Paulina Shinangoi, omukhana wa Lugonzo. Finally, I want to clarify that I support all these women that I have mentioned above, I am currently teaching my daughters and I hope all the girl-children of this country are listening to me or will one day read this. We must teach our girls to learn to compete. We do not want them to think that the reason we give them affirmative action is because they are in any way inferior to their age mates who are boys. This is evident in the convergence that is soon coming in the world. In the community of nations, the three superpowers of the world; the United States of America (USA), the Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) will all be led by women by the end of November. Hopefully, these will be Hillary Clinton in the USA, Angela Merkel in Germany and, of course, Theresa May in the UK. I want to pass my congratulations to Ms. May. So, we must teach our children to compete. It is a pity that the Mover of the Motion has stepped out because I wanted her to hear this. She cannot move in the spirit of affirmative action and then provide in this Bill Clause 4(b) which says that you insert the following New Clauses immediately after Clause 1. Clause 1(a) states that a person elected under Clause 1 for a seat in Parliament or a county assembly shall be eligible for re-election under Clause 1 for two terms. No way! With all due respect, Sen. Sijeny, you are legislating for yourself, the current Members of the Senate who are nominated to this House or you are legislative in connivance with the MCAs and Members of the National Assembly who are currently nominated. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to appeal to Sen. Sijeny to demonstrate good will. I would like you to know that we are the majority in this House. She will not use us to disenfranchise the other deserving women in the Republic of Kenya. She needs to demonstrate good will by dropping this particular New Clause. 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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