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    "id": 859796,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859796/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "(Ms.) Rozaah Buyu",
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        "legal_name": "Rozaah Akinyi Buyu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2018. For a long time I have been in the trenches fighting or campaigning to ensure that the principle of the two–thirds gender rule is effected. That has always been from the outside. Today, I am highly privileged to sit is this House where legislation is actually made to ensure that this Bill becomes operationalised. Without fear of contradiction, I would also like to take responsibility, like all the people who were always fighting from the outside, for misperception on this Bill. While we were outside there, all our demonstrations were led by women. It was always the women’s voices that were being heard. We did alienate the men in that pursuit and that highly contributed to this misperception that this Bill is just about women. Today, I stand here speaking as the Vice Chair of Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) and I am highly impressed by the number of the male MPs who spoke yesterday and today in support of this Bill. This clearly shows that this Bill is not about women or girls but it is about Kenya and advancing the development of Kenya with participation on legislation and governance by both sexes of men and women."
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