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    "id": 945184,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tiaty, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kassait Kamket",
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        "legal_name": "William Kamket Kassait",
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    "content": " Women are actually the stronger gender and to go ahead and legislate further and further for them is what constrains me even as much as I support the Bill. One of the reasons I support this Bill is that when we speak about marginalised communities, ethnic and other minorities, I realise something. I come from the great County of Baringo and we have a very small community called Ilchamus made up of very beautiful women. I think they have some of the most beautiful women in this country. They have some of the brightest professionals wherever they have served. They have done so well in the Government. However, they have not had the chance, for instance, to be represented in Parliament by one of their own. They have had the unfortunate situation of being represented by very incompetent people just because of tribe like the current Member of Parliament. So, if we pass this Bill, we will have such people represented in this very august House of the Republic of Kenya. Clause 20(2A) of the Bill states that a political party participating in an election shall procure and fund the access of its special interest groups’ candidates to media coverage. This is what I was saying earlier that the Committee is trying to legislate beyond the call of duty. Really, this is going beyond. It is proposing to give the special interest groups media coverage beyond the other candidates. In short, the problem with this country currently is the Constitution that we gave ourselves. However much we try to bring pieces of legislations like these one, the biggest problem is the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. The constitution-making process was hijacked by activists, lobbyists, busy-bodies and other characters who wanted to participate in governance through the backdoor. We are lucky that one of the people who sat in the making of the Constitution is the Chairman of the CIOC, who is now bringing a Bill to re-write the wrongs they made. We are lucky because they are here with us. In my view, we will try. We will go ahead with these Bills, but ultimately, we must go back to the Constitution. We must relook at the Constitution that we gave ourselves. I am happy the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process is coming to a close soon and we will have their report. Therein is the place where we will right the wrongs that were put in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. I beg to support."
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