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    "id": 944854,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/944854/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lari, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jonah Mwangi",
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        "legal_name": "Jonah Mburu Mwangi",
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    "content": "The groupings that we are seeing in the country like The Embrace are trying to bring women to work together. We have a problem down there in the villages where women are crying to be given positions but they are not able to work together. When we go to women, they are the same people who will choose men. When they lose their women, they start crying that women are never given a chance to come to Parliament. So, the groupings that I am seeing today are a reflection of the future. Women can go to a constituency and campaign for their fellow women. We need these numbers balanced so that we can get the best candidate to come to this House and naturally we will balance the equation while in this House. I am back to sharing of money. I have calculated those figures and they are huge. We have talked about Kshs4 billion and the 20 per cent that will go to other smaller parties, that is Kshs800 million. That is what I am encouraging the Chairman. If we can push that one a bit up, it will be good and the criteria should not only talk about the parties that will sponsor candidates who will win. We have a history in this country, a history of euphoria. If you formed a party and your party has worked so much, it has gone to tribunals, courts, it has sponsored candidates, women in political rallies, youth to do their campaigns, then at the end of the day, if all do not make it, that means those parties are not equal to the others. We need them to get money. With those few remarks, I beg to support. I hope those amendments will be included."
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