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    "id": 858315,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/858315/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I am not a Democrat. I do not support the Democrats in the USA; I support the Republicans because of specific reasons. Republicans believe in family values. You might have issues with Trump, but he is my candidate. They believe in upholding family values. They do not believe in lesbianism, gayism and all that. They believe in the word of God. Let me quote what Hillary Clinton, the former presidential candidate said. She said women are the largest untapped reservoir in the world. People talk about minerals and other issues but today, the President has nominated women to key ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Health, Lands and Education. The President has shown that he trusts women in his Government. I am sure the matter before us is not about women. A time will come, 20 years, 40 or 50 years from now where maybe there will be more women Members of Parliament in this House than men and we will need to apply the gender rule to nominate more men to the House. We make laws for posterity. Let us not be short-sighted that this law will only benefit women. This law, in 20 years’ time, for those who will be in this House, the men will remember me and they will remember colleagues in this House and see that the law that we passed has saved us. In conclusion, let us all support the Bill and in doing so, we shall be supporting our mothers, sisters and daughters to be part of shaping the direction through which the great nation of Kenya needs to move. Indeed, this is the moment. I am sure in the great words of Margaret Thatcher, the seventh longest serving Prime Minister in the United Kingdom, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman, we want something done in Kenya. We have asked too much. We want something done. We want to join the President in fixing the historical problems that faced our nation. For us to do that, we need to empower the women of this country. How do we empower? We must give them the seat of leadership. Women must be present at the decision-making table - in the Executive, legislature, Judiciary, and in the private sector. I also say the same: if you want something done, let us pass this Bill and give our women the voice through which they can express representation and support the growth of our economy."
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