Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 740662,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/740662/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 256,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngunjiri",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1179,
        "legal_name": "Onesmas Kimani Ngunjiri",
        "slug": "onesmas-kimani-ngunjiri"
    },
    "content": "Programme. I looked at the numbers of the students or pupils who were in this school and I was surprised. Majority of the kids who are in school are female. I also saw that many of the Kazi Kwa Vijana participants were also female. They were more than the men. I would like us to know that a time will come when, we, the men who have been reluctant to push this Bill will be marginalised. Last week, for those who were in Madaraka Express, they may remember how many ladies were in that train providing various services. The ratio of men to the ladies was 1 to 8. It is important for us to know that we can no longer hold the wishes of this country. It was the wish of the people of Kenya that no gender should be more than the other; that we must open doors for those people who feel they do not have a fair opportunity. This time, in our development of this nation, the women particularly in elective positions, have a hard time in fair competition with men. The men seated here are also married. They have daughters. In my household, there are only two men against four ladies. When I consider the potential of the women in my house, I would never want them to be constrained to do what they must for this nation just because they belong to a certain gender. For this reason, we, in Kenya, should not benchmark ourselves against our neighbours. Even the First World countries in Europe and America are struggling with the same kind of thing. Kenya can show the way forward by implementing the one-third gender rule to ensure that both genders play a meaningful role in the development of this country. If we allowed our women in particular to get into areas of employment and leadership in this country, we will unlock so much energy that will take this country to another level. If we keep on holding back the gender rule for various reasons that we may have, we will be holding this country back."
}