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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I support. I want to add my voice to that of the Hon. Members, especially to that of my dear sister Hon. Martha who has supported and alluded to the fact which I have been confronted with. There are male Hon. Members who refer to those of us who have been elected. They say: “Hon. Millie, if you have been elected two times as a Member of Parliament, there is no reason why other women should not come through the same process.” I know many of us forget that several of us who have come this way were first nominated. Yes, I have been elected twice but, that is having being nominated as an MP first. If I was never nominated, perhaps, I may never have thought of coming to this House. There are very many challenges that those of us who have been elected as women leaders go through. After my first election, I was shocked what women MPs who go for elective seats against men go through. I ended up writing the book titled Political Leadershipand Package Lessons for Aspiring Women . It is because I could not believe what we go through. I have since written another one called Swimming with Sharks . It is a difficult thing when you want to take power from men. When you go through a process where you either get a direct nomination or fight against another woman, it gives you an opportunity to learn politics in a gentler forum. Having learned politics in a gentler forum, you can go to a platform where you can fight for politics either against other women or against men. But, this nomination gives you an opportunity to fight it out and learn. I also wish to indicate that I heard inferences that this Bill as brought to the House is unconstitutional. If you look at the Constitution, it provides for the constitutional principle of 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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