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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We just want to register how strongly we will oppose this Bill. The men in this House must prepare for a battle royal. This Bill will not pass in our presence. If you are going to go to another parliament to pass it, be that as it may--- If there is another national assembly, be that as it may--- In this National Assembly where we are Members, where we have votes and where we have 195 friends who helped us in the first round, this Bill will not pass. It will not pass! We will do everything we can to ensure that this Bill does not pass. Coming to a more positive point, there are many pieces of legislations that need to be passed so that the two-thirds gender rule can be realised. The Committee has a set of those legislations. We have discussed and debated them. Many of them are very progressive. They require political parties to do everything they can to nominate women on the tickets that they will be issuing to candidates. They also require political parties to make sure that the two-thirds gender rule is achieved even in the county assemblies across the country. Hon. Speaker, the rules require that presidential candidates get involved in this matter because they will require votes from women. Gender issues are matters presidential candidates in the Republic of Kenya need to pay attention to. Those legislations are what we need to pass. I do not agree with my colleagues that we need to pass the progressive realisation Bill for us to pass the other legislations. That is not true. That is a misinterpretation of the Constitution. The Constitution requires that we pass a formula by which the two-thirds gender rule will be realised. We should pass a formula. We are not required, in the language of this Bill, to pass progressive implementation of legislation. That is not what the Constitution requires us to do and that is not what the Supreme Court has required us to do. We are required to pass a formula. If we are not able to pass a formula to give a mechanism by which the two-thirds gender rule will be realised, be that as it may--- In fact, in a worst case scenario, we are prepared to have this matter rested until the 12th Parliament. The 11th Parliament, where we are seated now and where we belong, can pass the legislations that have been discussed by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. Many of these legislations have already been published pieces of legislation that will ensure that there is two-thirds compliance within political parties and the electoral The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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