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    "id": 945009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/945009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Even boyfriends. But there are no women party leaders. So, I do not think we have boyfriends here. In the Political Parties Act, what do we amend? Under the Act forming the IEBC, we must tackle the section on interpretation. Under IEBC, we must give the power to prepare the party list for nomination. This may be through a process decided in the regulation. The IEBC must do vetting of the party list. Is the person being presented a relative of Hon. Duale? That must be put in the regulations. Otherwise, if we do not do it and then I bring my relative, then there is no crime I would have committed. So, we have an opportunity to include that in the regulations. In the Political Parties Act, we need to amend Section 2 on interpretation to define who ethnic minorities are. It should be a group that is not the dominant one in a given society and includes racial minorities. For example, Hon. Junet, in Migori, is an ethnic minority. Within the context of the Somali community he is not a minority. However, if you look at him from the perspective of Migori County and compare him with other people who live there, then he becomes an ethnic minority in that county. So, we must define that. Which is this dominant group? We must get the ratio of minorities. We should amend Section 20 and require political parties to change their rules and names of symbols. That will help us on how to nominate these people. Finally, this Bill is seeking to amend Section 13 of the Elections Act to require political parties participating in elections to ensure that during party nominations, one-third of the candidates who go for primaries are of either gender. I oppose that. When it comes to elections, it is universal suffrage; that is in the Constitution. You cannot force voters in this country to choose a man or a woman. If they decide to bring 349 male MPs to this House, that will be the choice of the voters of this country. I want to ask the Chairperson of the CIOC not to take that route. You cannot subject us to what goes on in Rwanda where you say, for example, that Garissa County has six constituencies. Therefore, Garissa Township will have a male MP and Ijara will have a woman MP. That is not pure democracy. The people of Kenya will elect MPs. The number of women coming to Parliament is now increasing. I was in the 10th Parliament. 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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