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    "id": 859817,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "sit back. This time we have three elected senators and three elected governors. We have moved from 16 to 23. I see us meeting this gender parity even before the 20 years that have been set. Women will be out there rolling up their sleeves as we push them through affirmative action. Many male Members and even men outside have made the argument that we have trained our daughters and taught them to work for their space. We have taught them not to sit back for freebies. Women are working hard. Even the women who have come here on affirmative action like me and others who have been nominated work very hard. Sometimes, the odds are way against you. For example, when Hon. Cecily Mbarire runs in Runyenjes or Embu County she is told to go and run in Busia where she is married. When Wanga who has come from Kisumu and is married in Homa Bay runs there, she is told to go back to Kisumu and run there. You are doomed if you do, doomed if you do not. If you are married you are bad, if you are single you are bad, if you are divorced it is worse, if you are a widow it is even worse. Those are the challenges that women face. That is why however hard our parents trained us, sometimes you are unable to hack. This is why we need affirmative action. With those many remarks - I see the light is red - I support this Bill unequivocally."
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