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    "id": 701922,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I vehemently oppose this Bill. First of all, I want to acknowledge Hon. Kajwang’ who has indicated that we are relatives. That is actually true. His father is what I call in Luo “ NyathiNyaguowa” . We share a common grandmother. I am, therefore, horrified that while he has exhibited intelligence in the past, today something has gone amiss. I will go and consult our common ancestors and find out what is wrong with my relative, Hon. Kajwang’. Where I come from, we respect women. That is why I stand here today as the only elected woman in ODM in Kenya because we come from an area of leadership where we respect women. After a 16-year dearth in the election of women in Nyanza since Phoebe Asiyo, I hoped that Hon. Kajwang’, Hon. Jakoyo and others would have supported me. I am tired of being embarrassed every time because when Jubilee people call for a meeting we are 16. I am the chairperson of the 16 women who are called “the Leading Women Caucus in this Parliament”. When we say we are going into our sub-committees, the women in Jubilee go to their corner while in ODM, I sit in my sub-committee alone. I am tired and embarrassed and yet we are the biggest single party in this country. As a progressive party, I know the position of my party leader. My party leader supports women. He does not support what we have here which is progressive and means absolutely nothing. I want to indicate that I happened to have been in the Committee on the Bill of Rights when we were drafting this Constitution. So, I have the legislative history. I was also in the Parliamentary Select Committee where we sat with the President and the Deputy President of this country, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi and Hon. Orengo. You can hear the level that I am speaking about. I sat in that Committee and I can give you the legislative history. When we came to the issue of women, people expected us to have disagreed on every issue including the system. We disagreed on the issue of women as we are disagreeing today 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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