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    "id": 799339,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to add my voice to this Motion. I am Hon. Sen. (Dr.) Getrude Musuruve Inimah. The Iceland Summit was not a waste of resources. It was good that Kenya was represented in the Summit whose goal was to look at issues of women. It was also a platform for one to see the best political practices in the world concerning women. When you attend such summits, you can borrow one or two things that you can use to help women in your country. I commend the act of awarding the female presidents for it was motivational and inspirational for the women leaders. When one gets an award, it is a reinforcement to repeat what made them get the award. We should borrow a leaf from that by awarding female leaders who have served for so long for it to motivate upcoming leaders. What also came out is that Rwanda is doing very well in terms of women representation. They have a representation of about 64 per cent in Parliament which is commendable and I am sure that Kenya is going to reach there with time. That is also a challenge for us, as parliamentarians, for we need to see how we can implement the two- thirds gender rule because when that is done, women will move a notch higher in political representation. They are not well represented at the moment. The problems that were talked about in Iceland are problems that affect all women. Generally, women go through similar problems globally when it comes to violence and economic under-representation. It was a very good platform for the leaders who went there to see the emerging trends in female political leadership. Most women go through economic constraints that hinder them financially. When it comes to finances, a number of women do not have economic independence and that is why women and their children are rated among the poor. Factors of production such as land, capital and labour, which women do not easily access, are some of the things that bring them down. This is because they do not have title deeds for the matrimonial land that can give them collateral to borrow loans from banks to do a certain project. They can, therefore, not do big projects that will help them to be economically liberal. Land in Africa is patriarchal and you will find that most women do not get that inheritance even when the law is clear that the girl-child should be given inheritance. In The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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