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    "id": 740631,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "It is also becoming increasingly difficult even at the county assembly level to attain the two-thirds requirement. I will give the example of Nakuru County. Currently, the Assembly has eight elected women members brought by all the political parties. Considering the fact that Nakuru is more of a Jubilee zone, we reduced that number to only three during the nominations. This translates to nomination of one woman for every three elected. The number of Members of County Assembly (MCA) in Nakuru is 55, meaning women can only go up to 19. It means that even if we nominated 19 women, we will still not attain the one-third gender rule at the county level. These are some of the issues that we need to look at. Of course, during the interactions that we had with our dear lady Members of Parliament, the issue of 290, as ably discussed by Hon. Nyikal, was raised. We wanted to know whether it is two-thirds of the total number of Members of the National Assembly or the Senate or the elective 290. That takes me to Article 97, which gives specific number of Members of Parliament at 290 constituencies, 47 women elected from each county and then 12 nominees. Of course, this will have an effect. Since this so specific, again we need to look at whether Articles 97 and 98… I did not have the Bill. I was trying to go through the Leader of the Majority Party’s briefs. I do not know whether the two articles have been amended. It is very important for us to look at them because they are very specific as to the number of Members of Parliament who are supposed to be in the National Assembly and the Senate. So, it is important for us to holistically look at the amendment and the other articles within the Constitution that also need to be critically looked into so that we can actualise the effect of this amendment."
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