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    "id": 701929,
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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": "homes but when there is a paid job they give it a fancy name like “chief chef” and then take up the job. Suddenly, culture does not matter. You all become chief chefs and take women away from the kitchen. We will not allow such things. We have been at it for too long. We will not allow the intimidation by my brother, Hon. Midiwo. Finally, I want to compare Kenya with her peers because Hon. Duale told us to do so. I am called to advise many parliaments. Two weeks ago, I was called to advise the Mauritius Parliament on gender issues. I have also been called to advise the Ugandan Parliament, among several other parliaments. I am embarrassed because while I advise those parliaments, we are doing worse in the region. Uganda and Rwanda are doing better than us. Somalia, even with the turbulence it is facing, is doing better than us. Kenya is an embarrassment in the region on gender issues and we are tired. People tell us that women in Kenya are intelligent, brave and articulate but when we stand up to be counted, we realise we do not have sufficient numbers. We are tired of the cultural issues – and sometimes the elitism when appropriate – that are being used to discriminate against women in this country. I want to tell Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ that I am as rural as they are. I came with him from Mbita and we are as rural as we came. I went to school in Nairobi and in Homa Bay. I am elitist and rural. I am representing the old woman in Waondo Village, where Hon. Kajwang’ comes from. I have absolute and complete mandate as an elite rural woman. With those remarks, I oppose the Bill."
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