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    "id": 902498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Pareno did not tell this House which elections board she is chairing. I do not think she is the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Maybe she would have clarified. All the same, what I was saying is very simple, that Jubilee as a party, we have already sorted ourselves out. With the blessings of Kenyans and of the Almighty God, everything will happen as planned. I want to assure her that there will be an opportunity of exercising that democratic right during the vote. As I mentioned earlier, I come from a county where one of the most firebrand women politicians hailed from. In as much as I support this Motion, women have come a long way. For the first time in the history of this country, we had the highest turnover of women to run for elective positions for both Senator and Governor during the last elections, at a rate of 29 per cent. This should motivate women to go for better things. As we talk, for the first time since post devolution, three women Governors were elected; Gov. Joyce Laboso of Bomet County, Gov. Charity Ngilu of Kitui County and Gov. Ann Waiguru of Kirinyaga County. We want to challenge those women in positions of leadership like my sisters, Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, Sen. Pareno, Sen. (Rev.) Waqo and other serving women leaders to work hard so that they can inspire more Kenyans to elect more women to these positions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not want to take much time because I know there is a lot of interest in this matter. I want to talk about the role of political parties. I am happy that Sen. Pareno is here and she is the one who has been signing nomination papers. I wish that hand would only be signing for women to get nomination tickets for one of the largest political parties in this country. We also want to see political parties incorporating women to the role of key decision making since we know that women must play a critical role in the decision of how parties are run in this country. We know our people vote based on political affiliation or following. As we talk, people like Hon. Martha Karua stood and were political party leaders. We challenge our political parties to ensure that they give women leadership roles so that they are key in ensuring that women are elected into various positions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding our social culture and values as a society, we need to value women. There are regions in this country where they do not elect women and we need to know why this is the case. I know it goes beyond what the law provides for, but we should ensure that we move forward. Even as we ensure that we have gender equality, we must also look into the future where we will incorporate the youth, PWDs and many other factors so that we can move forward. That way, we will avoid discrimination of any aspect of the society like PWDs, the youth and women. Finally, as we talk about the elective positions, the one-third gender rule, the famous Duale Bill and whether we must pass this law, we also challenge Government entities, parastatals and county governments to take this issue into consideration. You will find that some county governments in this Republic do not observe the gender parity rule. Some State corporations and parastatals and even the Executive – the current The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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