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    "id": 824289,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/824289/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kandara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Alice Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "The Commission further reaffirmed that the promotion and protection of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of all women and girls including the right to development, which are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated are crucial for women’s economic empowerment and should be mainstreamed in all policies and programmes aimed at the eradication of poverty and women’s economic empowerment. As I say that, I want to take this opportunity to challenge the Government. What has it done in respect of Article 27? What affirmative action policies, instruments and frameworks has it come up with to reach out the 23 women, whom I lead in terms of work in their constituencies? We are speaking to the National Treasury. What affirmative action programmes have gone to make sure that we get double numbers of women in the next elections instead of 23 of them? It is upon the Government to reach out to women in those constituencies and come up with programmes and projects that will help their work. They have gone through very difficult times sometimes, including being told by the opponents that women will not be able to lead. It is the Government’s responsibility to get projects and ensure that we have more women in leadership. Gender equality is not a headache of women. Women could only be the victims. The responsibility to bring women on board lies with the Government."
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