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    "content": "express and communicate what is on your mind. I want to remind our fellow Members that if you go to the history of the Suffragette Movement, women were struggling for the right to vote and it took quite a long time. They were going on hunger strike as a basis of freedom of expression; to make the world know about the urgency of the moment. I am a little bit ashamed that communities that are thought to be hard on women like in Asia and Islamic countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka have had women leaders and even prime ministers. Here, we cannot imagine women being the majority in any Chamber of the two Houses of Parliament. I support and if my mother was a Member of this Chamber, she would have worn this scarf. I would not ask her why she has worn a scarf because she brought me into this world. I believe in the urgency of the moment because the Constitution of Kenya was promulgated in August, 2010. It is now nearly a decade and we have not achieved one of the most basic commands of the Constitution. I remember when Hon. Ombaka was a Member of the National Assembly, he said something that touched everybody in the National Assembly. At that time, 90 per cent of the Members of Parliament were men. He said: “When you walk out of this Chamber and go out to the streets, the majority of the people out there are women and when it comes to leadership women are in the minority.” I think that Africa is being left behind. Some of the most powerful countries in Latin America like Brazil and Argentina are electing women as Presidents and yet, here, wearing a scarf here becomes an issue. Just imagine that wearing a scarf is worrying us. It shows how far away we are from the principle of equality. Madam Temporary Speaker, if I do not wear my scarf today, I will wear it tomorrow even if I will be alone. I will wear it very proudly as a supporter of the women movement. Thank you."
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