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    "id": 859774,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nimrod Mbai",
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        "legal_name": "Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai",
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    "content": "The other option is to reduce the number of men in the House so that the number of women can be balanced with a smaller number of men. I know most of us would not want to go by that option of reducing the number of men. That would mean reducing the number of nominated men, including the disabled and youth. This is not an option. The other option would be putting in some special constituencies only for women. For example, we can say Kitui East where I represent will only have a woman elected. This will not be constitutional. The only constitutional way to go about it is by what is before us; getting an extra number of ladies nominated to achieve the two-thirds gender rule in the House. This brings me to the point of supporting this very logical idea. We have two supreme doctrines in our country and the world. One of the doctrines is the Constitution of Kenya. It is the doctrine that has provided this option. We should adhere to it as law abiding citizens. So, we should support it. The other doctrine is the Bible. If you read the book of Genesis, Chapter 2:18 it shows us that God saw that it was not good for man to be alone. When God saw that it was not good for man to be alone, he never made another man for the man. He made a woman for the man. The only way to balance the 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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