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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Oduol",
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        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": "Therefore, as I support this amendment, I would want us to recognise some of the challenges that have led, not only to these high debts, but to large incidences of corruption and, indeed, to a lot of wastage that does not allow us to address issues that are of immediate importance. I think the key issue has been how, in keeping with our Constitution, to understand that equality is one way of giving equal opportunity and rights. We also need to ensure that when we are talking about public participation, or when we are talking about PPP, we are aware that our society tends to see that from a male perspective. I would like to conclude by saying that if we were to take audits of the number of projects that have been undertaken in the various counties and seek to align or match those with what would have been seen to be the urgent concerns of a number of those who are in the populace by gender, we might find that the projects that are considered to be of high value thus provide value for money, or projects that would be seen to be celebrated because they lead to greater levels of industrialisation, they would also come with some very heavy burdens. Wherever we would go, we would find that family values are broken. We would find that there are very many cases of school dropouts. We would find that there are very many situations in which the majority would have preferred that there would be water or health or other such considerations. This is an extremely important amendment that will now give clear legal and practical guidance to the counties. I would urge that we continue implementing the requirement of public participation and that we always wear a gender lens and not to see our public as the same. We should remember that there would be needs that are varied on gender, age, locality, or a particular county. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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