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    "id": 1214113,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1214113/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the standardisation and production of school uniforms. Uniforms are a very emotive issue in the sense that many schools have different uniforms. We need to have one standard uniform in one colour. You will see students in checked uniforms, like the school in the Public Gallery, and others in different colours like purple, brown and white. We need to have one standard uniform for every school in the country, whether private or public. The uniform should not be expensive. It would be best, if it is possible, for the Government to provide uniforms to students. We have industries in this country like the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and Rivertex East Africa Limited that can produce uniforms. We can revive Mount Kenya Textile (Mountex) in Nanyuki and other factories to produce uniforms on a large scale. If the Government will not provide them, then schools can be advised to buy them. It would be cheaper that way. I do not understand why a student joining Grade 7 is required to change to a different uniform in the same school. Many students have not reported to Grade 7 because they cannot afford school uniforms. Many times, students including those in the lower grades are sent home for lack of uniform. I do not understand the correlation between uniforms and studies. What matters is what one is taught and not what one wears. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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