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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "I know that he has some court battles outside there. The first time the President of the United States of America (USA) came to this country was when our own son, Barack Obama, was here a short while back. The speech and address he made at Kasarani Stadium still comes to mind when we think about Bills. Hon. Members, Honourable colleagues, I remember the immediate former President of the USA indicating that we cannot have a team where only one side is playing and still call it a competition – imploring us to deeply remember that we are a humankind of two gender, the male and the female, and the need to properly integrate our women side of gender into national leadership even as we think about the male side. This House has been committed to passing the laws to implement the two-thirds gender principle. Let me say that our journey in seeing this Bill into place has never been a lone walk. I remember when we struggled with the famous Duale Bill in seeking to re-tool our society around this Bill. The leaders of this nation spoke on both sides. President, Uhuru Kenyatta was very assertive that this is a Bill we needed to pass as Members of the National Assembly. We made efforts in that regard. I remember the leader of the opposition, currently - the leader of the incoming Government, the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition – the Right Hon. Prime Minister himself, came and even sat in the House hoping his presence in the House would be extra motivation on the part of the Members to see this Bill into being. Let me confirm to the nation that we made all efforts on that day, for those of us who were in this House, to see into realisation of this critical constitutional principle. I am being asked where the women are. I know wherever they are, they are represented by those of them who are here and they are praying for the success of this - which we are pushing. I begged to speak to this Motion because a court, our High Court, speaking to this matter, made a decision which everybody out there is saying everywhere that, that has been the most progressive determination ever made. I heard a judge with a resolute mind say that we need to strive to integrate both genders in the governance of our country and that, was that not to happen, we could even sacrifice institutions, including Parliament. Remember Parliament and all these 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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