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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support the Bill. In supporting the Bill, I want to say that recently, my attention was drawn to some statement that was made by a gospel singer. What he was saying was that we have forgotten our values and principles and what we need to go back to are our values and principles. The singer is called Kagame. I agree with him to that extent. The only part I did not agree with him on is, of course, where he says we do not need the BBI to do so. Curiously, him and a number of religious leaders who are leaning to the evangelicals always have a given political leaning. So, to that extent, I do not agree with him. However, I agree with him that we need to go back to our values and principles. Sometimes we might even be accused of over-legislating. We over-legislate sometimes because we do not follow the law. This Bill is almost very similar, in content, with the National Cohesion and Integration Act because the Act seeks to have the issue of inclusivity, especially in employment. The Act looks at those issues based on gender, persons living with disabilities and ethnicity among other factors. I encourage the Hon. Member who has moved this Bill, Hon. Andrew Mwadime, to be as brave as the Constitution has been and as the National Cohesion and Integration Act was. I agree with Hon. Anthony Oluoch that unless we slay ethnicity in this country, we are not dealing with the issue of inclusivity. Why do I say that? I listened to Hon. 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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