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"speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important and special report, which touches my heart. I have been in the heart of women empowerment for many years, and I have gone to CSW many times. My sisters who went to the CSW this time round, I want to congratulate you. You represented us well. Congratulations. This Report itself shows that you have done a marvelous job in representing us. Our Government must be serious in empowering women in this country. That is what we are asking. Yes, they have done something; we are happy; at least there are things moving; we are not like before. But we need serious Government resources put into women programmes. We want to support His Excellency the President on the Big Four Agenda, as women in and outside this Parliament. However, we are asking him, because of his love for women, to develop a framework that can involve all the women in terms of participating in the Big Four Agenda in this country. If you look critically at all the contracts that have been awarded in this country, there is no major one that has been given to any women. There is no contract that has been given to any woman who comes from Ijara. We need to empower women. We need to involve them. We need to critically do civic education in this country, so that women from all corners understand. I am just from Gatundu North, where we celebrated with… 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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