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    "id": 859780,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859780/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity. Let me state right away that I support the Bill. Probably, I am persuaded to support it right away because of the background I come from. There was a lady who was very powerful in my constituency; much more powerful than men. The men who tried to stand against her failed miserably. That tells me that even the ladies we are talking about in other constituencies, it would be different if it was Karachuonyo we are talking about. I would have told them straightaway that I cannot support the Motion because everything is going on well with us. If I was to extend beyond my constituency, I would go to my county. Homa Bay County where I come from has eight constituencies. The single member constituencies have three elected women out of eight. That is 37.5 per cent. We are above the mark that we are talking about here. With that background, how can I say that I do not support the Bill? If I throw my mind back to the past in Kenya, I must say that we had 16 elected women in 2013 in Parliament. The number grew to 23 last year. That tells us that ladies are coming up. We can talk of the speed and say it is too slow. Why should the speed be too slow? I am told a number of the ladies are saying that the process is unfair to them. It is violent, abusive and it has all the negativities you can imagine."
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