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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Bill. First of all, I want to appreciate the leaders and also this House for their faith in me by nominating me as one of the Members of the Select Committee. That has given me the opportunity to learn and also to better understand the Bill. It has also given me a good opportunity of interacting with Kenyans who came forward in numbers and expressed their feelings and told us why this needs to be done. In fact I was severally moved by the women who came forward and shared their concerns. I remember one woman saying, “We, as women, are the people who suffer anytime elections are held in Kenya.”She further said “even today, we are suffering. Many women even after the elections of 8th August, 2017, were raped and displaced. Many of them are suffering and nobody talks about them just because of the chaos caused by our colleagues.”So, I stand to support this Motion and also pray that very soon, Kenyans will enjoy the fruits of this. Mr. Speaker, Sir yesterday in the evening we were all bothered by the news that came up. This morning again, there is news that someone else is considered to vie for the presidency. I support that very much, but in the dynamics that we are in, we may not know where we are heading tomorrow. As an African woman when I see demonstrations on the streets of Nairobi and when I see women removing their clothes and exposing their private parts, I am shocked because that is un-African. We are misbehaving and showing our young people a very bad example. I do not know what we are doing about this as leaders. It is my prayer that our women out there will not be misled by the politicians, because they are being misled. I remember that even in the past, when African women did not have any clothes to put on, they used to cover their upper part and the lower part such that nobody could see their private areas. It is unfortunate today in our modern society that a woman who left her husband, her children and home in the morning could openly do those things in front of others and expose everything on her body. Mr. Speaker, Sir, visionary leaders consider their people and the times they are in. We are leaders and legislators. Politics is perception and many people have perceived what we are doing in the wrong way. But the bible says ‘my people perish due to lack of knowledge.” I, therefore, urge Kenyans to take time to go through the proposed amendments so that they can understand and argue from that point of view of understanding and making others understand, instead of just brushing it off and saying that what we are doing is killing Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the big question that Kenyans are asking today is; whether we are in a political crisis or in a constitutional crisis. I think that the crisis we are in is man- made; we are the ones who are doing that, especially the NASA people. As I was driving to Parliament today, we were so scared and I saw many Kenyans running helter-skelter. What are we trying to do when we confuse the entire nation? The NASA team, it is high time for you to come forward and join the others. Your candidate has already resigned and we do not see why you should be on the streets to confuse Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill, firstly, on the Chairmanship. The proposals and definitions given therein will help Kenyans to go forward. The Amendments proposed will not only help the Jubilee team, but the entire nation. It is high time for us to"
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