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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": "Sometimes, I think we trivialise things in this country instead of looking at the bigger picture. People have accused Members for this. But for us to achieve this in a better way, it will also be good, if we can invest in civic education. We need to educate the electorate on how we can achieve this gender parity that we occasion every time. At the county assemblies, we have a formula that has been used. At that level, we are not having any problem with this constitutional requirement. The nomination of MCAs has been occasioned by top up. Where they realise that either gender has not been met, they just nominate the other gender to top up to achieve the requirement. If it was done here, we would have reduced the gap. We would now be talking about something else. This will also be achieved progressively. A few years ago, there was just one or two women in Parliament. Right now, we have many female colleagues who have been popularly elected. This shows that we can achieve this with time. Even the 20 years that we have put in place, maybe at that time things will change. I am sure at one point, even the men who are so scared about their female colleagues coming here will be the ones requiring the provisions of this Bill to empower them. An affirmative action is not a permanent thing. It is something that is supposed to achieve the requirement and then afterwards something else happens. I support this Bill. Let us not categorise it as a women Bill because it is a constitutional requirement and amendment. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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