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    "id": 1229871,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1229871/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "The second issue is that every headteacher in every school wants to make a quick buck by selling school uniforms. Some of that uniform is of very low quality and not well tailored. As a result, parents end up paying lots of money because of exorbitant prices, so that they can buy uniform which, to a great extent, is substandard. The Ministry of Education must come up with set standards. This does not mean we have one colour. We are possibly going to have different colours but the same material and format of tailoring, and everything else that is to be done. That way, the price of uniform is likely to be standard and affordable to parents, including those from rural homes and poor places where money is scarce. This idea of telling parents to pay certain sums of money into specific bank accounts and then they go to school to get uniform is what is leading to a rip-off of our parents. If we go back to the days of yore, we may have specific tailors in specific markets and towns who deal in school uniforms. There is possibility of competition which is extremely healthy, especially in terms of sale of goods. Tailors will compete not only on quantity and quality but also on pricing. I believe part of the policy we are calling for is the abolition of schools becoming vendors of school uniform. Let that be left to school outfitters who deal with school uniforms to benefit our children."
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