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"content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is a very unique day in terms of legislation. A Cabinet Secretary is a Cabinet Secretary. This idea of the Chairperson being a he or a she, I do not know where it is coming from in legislation. I am a bit lost. If you look at Clause 33, he is proposing to amend Sub-clause 5 by inserting the word ―herself‖ immediately after the word ―himself‖. I agree with the Chairman. I think this was a problem with drafting. I have defended our colleagues in the Legal Directorate before. This is the first time I am seeing us defining gender. The law is very clear on this matter. I am a legislator and Hon. Ochieng would agree with me that we should not delve in definitions, namely, he or she. The term ―Cabinet Secretary‖ is the one that is generally carried in legislation. Maybe the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade can tell us why he is defining gender everywhere in the Bill."
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