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    "content": "Hon. Nyikal, I like the way you look at things practically. This is because Article 27 (6) and (8) of the Constitution says that the State shall, through legislative and other policies, ensure that the principle of not more than two-thirds of either gender is met. Article 81 talks about the electoral system shall ensure that not more than two-thirds of the members of elective public bodies shall be of the same gender. Article 100 says that Parliament shall enact legislation to provide for the representation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, minorities and other marginalise groups. None of those three Articles says that you amend the Constitution to nominate people, as Hon. Junet and Hon. Wamunyinyi are saying. So, put it in legislation. If the electoral process, which Article 81 speaks to, is the one of past posts, Hon. Nyikal, you are 100 per cent correct. You cannot give a mathematical result upfront. It is not possible and not doable, which is the reason why I strongly feel that we needed to put this in the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill. Give it to the political parties. Compel them to do something. It is a law. Progressively, something will be achieved. Laws are made for implementation. The penal code provides that stealing is a crime and everybody knows that it is crime but people still steal. So, we make a law and IEBC will say that in the next elections, they have not been able to achieve it and that they have achieved a small bit. In the other elections, they will achieve something more progressive. We should have something on those lines. Hon. Nyikal, I like your practical approach to these things. Let us have the Member for Turkana Central."
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