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    "id": 862536,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862536/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Leader of the Majority Party’s move not to have the vote done today. We have definitely lobbied the male parliamentarians. We have also lobbied some of the women parliamentarians. This is a very important Bill. This is about the two-thirds gender Bill. This is about our Constitution. To have it go to the Floor and fail would not only be a failure to respect our Constitution, but also a failure for us as a country to show that we respect women and the place of women in society. I take this opportunity to appeal to the Leader of the Majority Party to speak to the President and to engage the Executive to ensure that various ministries like the ICT and the ministries in charge of gender issues engage some budget into sensitising the public on the importance of this Bill. This is not about women. This is not about cost. This is not about the Constitution that we passed during the referendum. It is important that we put some money into making sure that women, men and the youth of this country understand that the Constitution has to be respected. They need to understand that women must have their space. Women are not a burden. They need to have their space in political decisions in our country. When we take it to the public, the public will then engage their leaders, so that when they come back in February, their constituents will have told them to support the Bill. Had we got the numbers, we had no guarantee that all the Members that are wearing the badge today supported the Bill. We have worked tirelessly, but I feel there was still a lot of work that needed to be done. We are grateful for the leaders who were here today, but I believe the Government still has a role to play to ensure that Kenya gets into the map of countries where women are respected and their space in leadership respected. The Executive can start by ensuring that it respects gender issues. It should remedy its own failure to ensure that it is compliant with the not more than two-thirds gender rule in its appointments. Thank you"
}