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    "id": 702706,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mitaru",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Rwamba Mitaru",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. I have worked with women of this nation for many years. I have worked with youth and children. I have realised that if women can go on strike even for one day or half a day, even men will not eat. The men will be confused and children will not be supported. At the same time, we have been here for the last three or four years supporting the men in this House. Then, all over a sudden, we want to be told that women should wait and join in slowly by slowly. I want to oppose with all my heart. I want to tell all the women of this nation that when we go to vote, over 52 per cent of voters are women. Men can wait. They have been given a chance by God himself. They can go out in the night. They can own a lot of property. They even sell things without consulting their wives, sisters or brothers, so that they are able to go out and support the development and everything that this nation is doing. But most of the people who support those men are women. Now, time has come in our nation that we want women to stand and be part and parcel of development through Parliament, county assemblies, chiefs and leaders. For how long is Kenya going to stay behind? We have gone to many parts of this nation. Many women who are leaders are the ones who bring development to this country. Peace initiatives are mainly by women. We know that development in African countries with more women as leaders in Parliament is faster than the other countries. I have also gone to some countries out of Africa where women are participating in parliament affairs or working for their country. Development has moved very fast. So, I want to oppose what our Member of Parliament (MP) - a whole lawyer, a whole person who is a leader in a very big Committee - has said. He has said that women should not benefit from the one-third gender rule which we passed by asking all the youth, men and women of this nation. We agreed we were going to get the one-third gender rule being either men or women. The women are working very hard. The girl-child is working very hard. One day, we might be asked by men to support the boy-child because this Parliament might be full of women. It is because men are not working very hard. We want to support women. I oppose and I want to tell the women of this nation that we need to hold hands so that come 2017, we bring in more women as Members of Parliament. That will be a good thing to do. Thank you."
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