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    "id": 752557,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to give God the glory and say Ebenezer for thus far the Lord has brought us. When I was in this Parliament, I played the role of Esther, Hosea and Jonah. I was happy with all my multiple roles. When I come before the House, I am very clear about my legislative role. I am usually very focused and happy. If I take stock, I moved the Fisheries Management Act, as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, which was the only committee I sat in in this Parliament. I am happy that to date it is an Act of Parliament and it addresses the issues of the people of Mbita. As a private Member, I pushed the Victims’ Protection Act which is a law on treaty- making and ratification act which protects women and children by covering the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. I am very happy about that. We also passed the Assisted Reproduction Act, which I supported. Unfortunately, the Senate did not pass it. I am sure we will bring it back. I had the Child Justice Bill which did not reach the Floor of the House. I am sure, God willing, I will bring it back in the next Parliament. The flipside is the two-thirds gender rule. I will not say much but for me that was one of my focuses in this House. As I come in the next Parliament, my primary focus will be the Political Parties Primaries Bill so that we bring sanity in party primaries, especially for women. I do not need to lose my bodyguards and have my house burned for me to come to this House. We just need sanity. If political parties have preferences, let us go the way South Africa and other countries in the region went. Let us not have primaries that take members through so much yet in the end as we speak, there are Members who do not even know if they are flag-bearers, like our good friend Koyoo. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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