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    "id": 1088163,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1088163/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "warn that many children will never return, particularly as countries experience an economic contraction in the wake of the pandemic. Missing out on education does long term damage to individuals and communities, with girls particularly at risk. The benefits of schooling are transformative and multi- generational - a child whose mother can read is 50 per cent more likely to live past the age of five and twice as likely to attend school themselves. Even before the pandemic, 9 in 10 school children in low income countries were unable to read proficiently by the age of 10. Since its creation in 2002, GPE has already contributed to getting 160 million more children in school and doubling girls’ enrolment in the countries they work in. The US$5 billion funding will ensure that 175 million children can learn in 87 lower-income countries. In the longer term, this investment could add US$164 billion to economies in the developing world, lift 18 million people out of poverty, and protect two million girls from early marriage. On March 15, 2020, the Kenyan government abruptly closed all schools and colleges nationwide in response to COVID-19, disrupting nearly 17 million learners countrywide. The closure of institutions not only affected learners and teachers but it also brought forth numerous economic and social issues, including interrupted and loss of learning, education exclusion, homelessness, nutrition and economic crisis, childcare challenges and increase in teenage pregnancy cases, financial cost implication to households, and sexual exploitation among others. The effects have been more severe for the underprivileged children and their households from the urban poor communities. According to a 2021 report titled “Promises to Keep: The Impact of COVID-19"
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