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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to make my contribution. Going on recess will give us the opportunity to go back to our constituencies and talk to our people. We will also get to see our projects and prepare ourselves for the future. Hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for facilitating the piece of legislation I introduced as a Private Member. It was difficult and you understand the circumstances that the Bill went through. I also want to thank Members who supported that Bill and His Excellency, the President for assenting to it. I know it is going to have a lot of impact and save some amount from the farmers. The people of Kenya will also benefit from that piece of legislation. Today is a great day because of the law that has been passed. We want to grow in our parties. Members should be strong in their parties. If you participate in party nominations and lose, being a loyal member of the party, you should remain there. We need to make sure that we have free and fair nominations. When all aspirants are satisfied, then it is easy for them to remain in their parties even after losing. I am Member of FORD-Kenya and the Chairman of the Party in the county. I will participate in party nominations. Can you imagine me losing and then supporting Jubilee? That will be very awkward. It would mean that one is not principled and does not believe in oneself. Losers should remain in their parties. That should be the spirit so long as we have free and fair nominations. Hon. Speaker, I have been associating with the Human Rights Caucus. Hon. Aghostino Neto and Hon. Waiganjo asked me to support the caucus. Sometimes, we disagree on issues particularly on gender that keeps coming up all the time. Members also talked about it during the Adjournment Motion. It is true that we want to support the promotion and protection of human rights, but not gender all the time. Did God consider gender? We have the family unit; husband and wife making children. At no time has anyone ever been told to make five boys and three girls. Or that 30 per cent of your children have to be of either gender. God did not see it that way. Why does it come up every time? God only said that you go and multiply. He did not say that people should make boys or girls. Children are children. They are all equal. We should not talk about men or women. People are people. I thank you for giving me the opportunity. I wanted to express this important point for my colleagues to also note this. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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