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    "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. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Before I speak to the Bill, allow me to indicate that I am extremely privileged this afternoon to sit between two powerful women Members of Parliament. I must say that because it is not easy for women to get into elective positions, especially seats where you fight against men. Men tell us they love us but when it comes to power they become totally different people. The two Members, Hon. (Ms.) Nyenze and Hon. (Ms.) Eve Obara, are members of a sub-caucus of Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) called the leading women caucus. They are women who have fought in the traditional constituencies. A lot of us do not know how difficult it is when you just hear a rumour of a woman trying to be governor or that the public are rumouring that she wants to be governor or even rise to a higher position like Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege. You see the maligning that happens that she can no longer even report a simple case of somebody conning other Members and not even conning her. It suddenly becomes a sexual issue. Somebody was asking me the other day why I am so preoccupied about these issues. This is because it affects us as women daily. The men who do not wear the shoes do not know. When fellow men MPs stand and speak on petroleum that is all you see, but when I stand and speak on petroleum, you assume other things beyond petroleum. That is why I am privileged to stand between two women who have taken the mantle of leadership in situations where it is difficult. I encourage other women to go for it despite and in spite of what people tell the women, including Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege. If they want her to go for gubernatorial, so be it. Even if it is the Deputy President, why not? Is it only men who can be leaders? Let me go back to the Bill. The world is becoming extremely competitive. The last 24 hours I had the privilege and honour of going to several African countries, and in the last one month, I had the privilege of using different airlines. I was just challenged to see how people are branding. If Kenya Airways is not careful, it will no longer be the pride of Africa. We must up our game. The reason why I am saying that is because this Bill speaks to the issue of competitiveness in the world. Unless we see the country as a competitive enterprise, we will sink. This is because people are looking at our competitive niche. As a country, we must find out The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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