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    "id": 749354,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/749354/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tobiko",
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        "legal_name": "Peris Pesi Tobiko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Procedural Motion. I know the Eleventh Parliament has tried, a lot of times, to address the issue of the two-thirds gender rule. But I feel like we did not do enough; we did not do justice to the requirements of the Constitution. Giving us a second or third chance to try it, there will be no harm. I just want to address myself to the contribution by the Member for Cherangany. I think there is one thing that he must have forgotten. That, for Kenyans to have the Article on the two- thirds gender rule in the Constitution, we went through a referendum. Kenyans spoke. They spoke loud enough. Therefore, trying to resist what Kenyans passed in the 2010 Constitution is really refusing the voice of the people. Kenyans spoke loud enough, and they were very certain of what they wanted in terms of leadership and representation. They wanted inclusivity in the House of leadership. They wanted women to also participate and be decision-makers in this country. Therefore, there is no harm in re-introducing this Bill again. Kenyan women have made good progress. You can see that in the just-ended party primaries. We now have women who are going to contest for gubernatorial positions. We are making progress. We are not waiting for freebies. We are ready to battle it out with our male counterparts."
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