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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "They were hardly 18 women MPs then. Today, with the County Women Representatives, they are over 78 women MPs. So, I disagree with that proposal and I will oppose it. There should be no party lists in nominations. Men and women must compete. If Hon. Jessica won her seat twice; Hon. Sara Korere won her seat after we nominated her against a tough man called Hon. Lempurkel; the Member for Rangwe; Hon. Wangari and Hon. Alice Wahome won their seats and came to this House, half of the 47 County Women Representatives sitting in this House must become constituency MPs in the next elections. The Constitution has given you an opportunity under affirmative action and 47 free seats. That is like a ladder. Use it to get the constituency seat. I am not inciting you against the current sitting Members of Parliament. You have an opportunity. This issue of favouring women is a no. Majority of the voters in our country are women. If they want to elect women, let them elect a woman President; we have not obstructed them. We cannot put a gun on the head of voters. Voters will elect whoever they want. If they want to elect women from the President to Members of County Assembly (MCAs) so be it. If they want to elect men, they will have their own reasons. This Bill is good. We need to define the special interest group persons with disabilities, the minorities and the marginalised. Once we are done with this Bill, send it to the Senate and then it is assented to by the President and the issue of two-thirds gender rule will be resolved. Today, in the House of Commons, women representation is less than 28 per cent. In the USA congress, it is about 29 per cent. Therefore, our friends cannot force us to…"
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