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    "id": 824400,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "world that, indeed, there can be a paradigm shift and have our women play an integral part to the advancement of this country. During the segregation in the USA, a woman started the agitation for the civil rights movement. This was none other than Ms. Rosa Parks. She left her workplace and sat in a bus. It was a tradition that when a white man or woman showed up, a black person left the seat. She refused. When she was confronted with this issue she said in a smattering English: “My feets is tired, but my soul is strong.” It reminds me of the many things our women go through in this country and many other places, particularly the rural folks. They have to contend with so much. They will always remain true to the core without lamenting and complaining. Examples are so many. Our women have remained the unsung heroines of this country. It is high time we moved as a nation to embrace them fully so that they can play a pivotal role to our development. Our Constitution pays credence to the role of our women and need to incorporate them in leadership and other spheres. As somebody alluded here, there is a matter pending in court on the one-third gender representation. If we do not defend the tenets of our laws, we may dissolve as a Parliament. For this House to act as an example, it should bring many women. That is in line with Article 27 of Kenya’s Constitution on the one-third gender rule. I remember in the year 2012, in an advisory opinion by the Supreme Court, it said that even though our Constitution was new, there needed to have a progression that would have women occupying the one third-gender representation in all spheres of our lives within a particular timeframe. They said five years. Therefore, this is a time bomb for our country. We must do whatever we can to make sure our women fully play their role. I rise to support the adoption of the Report on the 62nd Session of the Commission on Status of Women. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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