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    "id": 859616,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859616/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Naivasha, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Jayne Kihara",
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        "legal_name": "Jayne Njeri Kihara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this chance to support the Bill. I was elected directly in a constituency. I support this Bill for the simple reason that Kenyans passed this Constitution in 2010. We all came here. We took the Bible or the Quran and we swore to guide and protect the Constitution. We need to support it so that it is amended and we can be here legally. This is a long journey that we started in the women’s movement. If these Members will allow us, it is just near fruition. We all know how we came here. We all know how vigorous elections are. We know that ladies who have been nominated have learnt the ropes and gone back and got their seats. I beg Hon. Members of the male gender to support this Bill and give their sisters a springboard so that next time we meet in elections. We have seen it. It can happen. It has happened before. Like it has been said, this is not a woman’s Bill. If you look at the newspapers, you will see that in the just concluded Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination, very many girls have excelled. That means the tide could turn such that men would be looking for gender balance. We used to see in newspapers all- boys lists of excellence. You could not spot girls. Girls are now on the lists of excellence. They are mixed. Give these girls and women a chance. Pull them up so that they learn how to go for elections like we have done. It has happened and it will happen."
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