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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": "I also want to deal with the concern that has been raised here on the issue of access to media. Let me admit that there may be discussions and a debate to the extent to which we want to cover the question of women. That concern has been raised here. Specifically, it has been raised in the context of whether all women are so marginalised or are in that category of special cases that they need to be covered under this. That is a debate that we can have. We can talk about either tightening this or putting in place regulations so that this is not just an open carteblanche that may allow women to sit back and wait for the opportunity to be covered under the special interest groups. That is a discussion we are open to. It may be dealt with either by way of regulations or some amendments at the Third Reading. There has been concerns about financing. Again, this is a debate that we can have. When you are talking about lifting people who have been marginalised or left behind for certain historical reasons, one of the ways that was open to us in which you are able to encourage these people to participate and sit in the same place in terms of representation was to use the question of election financing. You will see that we have extended that argument in respect of political parties. Political parties that encourage representation of women that may help us to draw closer to the two-thirds gender rule or to fill that gap are then able to share a certain percentage in terms of the political parties funding. There may be need for us to tighten the question as to whether 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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