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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "It is not working but thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Like fellow women here, I would like to oppose this. But I want to highlight a few things. First, let me congratulate the men in this House who have been behind women. There are quite a number of men who are with us. I also want to congratulate my party leader who was here when we were voting on this Bill. Many Members have highlighted the fact that this Bill is not going to help women. There is this catchword that is being used in the Bill. It is “progressive”. It looks positive because something that is progressive moves on and improves your life but, this “progressive” thing we have in this Bill is a bit on the blind side because you cannot identify how “progressive” is going to be measured. We do not see how we are going to come up with indicators of “progress” for women. If we are going to use the word “progressive”, we must put certain things in place to ensure that progress is actually taking place. We need indicators. We need a formula that will work it out in such a way that the two-thirds gender rule is realised. Indicators must be there to tell us that on a specific year, the following women were added onto the number of women who are in Parliament. It should also indicate for the next year and so on and so on. So, we can see the numbers increasing day by day, year by year or whatever period that is there. Indicators are 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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