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    "id": 730735,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/730735/?format=api",
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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": "I am very happy as a Women Representative for Embu County. I have represented our people, not just women, but also men, the youth and children. They are happy that women can stand and support them up to the household level. I believe when we talk about development in this nation, we need to involve not just men, but everybody. Men have been in Parliament for many years. Some have been here for over 30 years when women were helping people outside without any leadership. I pray and hope that the women of this nation and the members of our household at the village level, and all the women who have leadership qualities, will wake up and support men, women and our young people. We should also involve people with disabilities so that everybody is represented in this nation. On the two-thirds gender rule, we have begged our men to consider, who have the tyranny of numbers, and to be the first ones to support us because each one of them was born, breastfed and raised by a woman. They should bring 50-50 and not just one-third. Mine is to request them to make sure that they go to the villages, wards and constituencies and make sure we have women in the National Assembly, the Senate and we have governors. We should have women leaders not just in Parliament. Countries that have supported women have developed very fast. Kenya is looking forward to having everybody participate in the leadership of our nation. Therefore, I congratulate Kenyans who gave women a chance by passing a Constitution that enabled us join leadership through the two-thirds gender rule. Maybe we would not have been able to campaign properly like men do, day and night, to get these positions. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as a woman, you have stood with all of us in this Parliament. I wish we all come back and support the Government of today. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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