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    "id": 859853,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turbo, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Janet Sitienei",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Janet Jepkemboi Sitienei",
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    "content": "Kenya has complied with many constitutional principles and therefore there is no reason not to comply with the two-thirds gender rule. It will not be fair to leave this one behind because other principles have been conformed with. I also want to say that one of the reasons that we need to pass this Bill is, many women have been left behind in development process and in participation in decision-making for a long time and it is time that we passed this Bill so that our women can participate equally as the men. When this Bill is passed even those women that will be nominated will have an impetus to vie for elective positions and come in as elected Members. Those Members who feel that nominated Members have no place here, I want to tell them that women lag behind for reasons that you all know. Some of them are cultural others religions, others social and others economic. If we give them an opportunity by passing this Bill, we will empower them to participate fully in the processes of decision-making, developmental processes and others. There is no nation that can develop fully without one part of its people and those are the women that even form the majority of the population in the world and particularly in Kenya. I wish to put my voice to this Bill and tell our dear men that during the making of the Constitution, all of us played a role. The women like Martha Karua, Hon. Millie and the rest of the men burnt the midnight oil to ensure that this Constitution was in place. So, it will be unfair not to pass this Bill just to curtail the achievement of the two-thirds gender rule. In the future generation, it could be the men that will be in this scenario and they will need the women to support them to pass a Bill like this. If we passed, this Bill will serve them when such a time comes. So, our dear men, I want to call upon you, let us come together, let us pass this Bill and 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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