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    "id": 702693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ngetich",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 511,
        "legal_name": "Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich",
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    "content": "“In the year 2012, the Attorney-General sought the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court No.2 of 2012 as to whether the two-thirds gender principle is to be realised by the 1st general elections under the new Constitution in March 2013 or progressively over a longer period of time. The Supreme Court on 11th December 2012, held that Article 81(b) was to be progressively realised and gave Parliament up to 27th August 2015 to come up with a legislation on how the two-thirds gender rule will be met in the 2017 General Elections.” In other words, it did not give a timeframe nor was it an infinity. It was seeking for a formula on how this can be implemented in 2017. As I end, I want to say that the notion of alluding to the fact that when we are trying to abide by the constitutional requirements, it just means that it is about giving free seats to vie for, is very wrong. We are aware this arises from historical injustices, traditions and other cultural practices. I want to give an example. Recently, the Garre Council of Elders unveiled a line-up of leaders to contest in the 2017 election. Not a single woman was in that list."
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