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    "id": 740634,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "I think we will need to look at this holistically in the Committee of the whole House so that we can bring the amendments and also look at the other articles within the Constitution that we will also want to see. I want to repeat this. The threshold of two-thirds to amend the Constitution is very high and we might never do it. Of course, we call upon our male colleagues to support this Bill. In the last attempt, I was one of those people who were whipped to get into the House. I hope that the male and female Members of Parliament who will be elected in the coming election will support this very important Bill and give our women an opportunity. I want to make this very clear. It is upon the women also to take up the challenge. We cannot have 47 women representing counties and most of them are not actively participating in the actual proceedings of the House. It is unfortunate that a few of them do not do that. It does not matter. You do not need to debate in the House to be seen to be active. I think we need value for the space that they have been given. It would be wrong just to have women being nominated to come and sit – I do not want to say, earn salary and allowances. I want to see women participating in the actual management, development and political aspect of this country. With those few remarks, I support."
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