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    "id": 708226,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/708226/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order, Members! I have a Communication to make on the self-assessment exercise to evaluate the level of gender sensitivity of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya. Hon. Senators, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) sent an expert mission to Kenya from 12th to 17th July, 2015, to offer advice on the way forward in implementing the constitutional requirement of the two-thirds gender rule upon a request by the Parliament of Kenya. Following consultative meetings with Members of Parliament of both Houses, the Executive, constitutional commissions and civil society organizations, the expert mission forwarded its report to Parliament on 23rd July, 2015. The report contains suggestions on how to meet the two-thirds gender rule based on the discussions that were held and further identifies the following three additional areas of collaboration between the Parliament of Kenya and IPU:- (a) Building the capacity of women parliamentarians. (b) Evaluation of the level of gender sensitivity of the Parliament of Kenya through the conduct of a self-assessment exercise. (c) Organizing a parliamentary debate on women’s participation. Hon. Senators, as a follow up on the suggested areas of collaboration, the IPU on 3rd October, 2016 wrote to the Speakers of the Senate and the National Assembly requesting to collaborate with the Parliament of Kenya in a self-assessment exercise on the level of gender sensitivity in the Parliament of Kenya; a request which was granted. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
}