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    "id": 859683,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859683/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this constitutional amendment Bill. People who want to fail this Bill are the ones who are calling it a women’s Bill. This is a constitutional amendment and it is for the purpose of achieving the constitutional threshold of either gender in Parliament. Today, we may say that the shoe is on the other foot, but tomorrow, the story could be different. So, as we debate, let us be sober and know that we are trying to achieve a constitutional requirement. That necessitates us to have one-third of either gender represented in this august House and the Senate. That is what this amendment Bill is trying to achieve. We are not saying that we are going to jump in and nominate people haphazardly. We want to create a legal framework on which this will be done. We are also looking at the way of achieving this in a better way than what people are saying that we are going to increase the wage bill."
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