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    "speaker_name": "Murang’a County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Betty Maina",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba on this Motion. I support that we standardise the colour, quality and the cost of uniforms. The only difference we can have is on the logo as a way of identifying schools. Among the very many benefits of identification, one is creating cohesion among the students. When students identify themselves with the same colour and quality of uniform, some feel as if they come from superior schools, whereas others feel as if they come from inferior schools. On the cost of uniforms, one of the most tedious exercise for a parent is to take a student to school. However, we make the exercise more complicated by allowing business to go on in schools, where parents are referred to particular uniform shops with a particular cost with no room for negotiations or bargaining. In such instances, parents in day schools are left with buying school uniforms more expensively than paying school fees. We need to standardise the cost of school uniforms to reduce expenses that are not important. We encourage business in schools. Tenders are given to particular people by people who have interest. Another important thing we need to consider standardising is quality. There are some students who come from less advantaged families and who put on low quality uniform. When they are in school, they compare themselves with other students. We need to come up with a formula where the Government will make sure that every new year, it provides new school uniforms. Sometimes, when you go to a school, you will meet some students with good quality uniforms and others with torn clothes. Students with torn clothes feel rejected in school, and they suffer psychologically and emotionally. They feel that they are lesser students. We, therefore, need to have a way of making sure that everybody in school feels the same. I support Mheshimiwa Gathoni Wamuchomba on this. Dress code promotes equality, equity and cohesion. Thank you."
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