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    "id": 1229892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Taita Taveta County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Haika Mizighi",
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    "content": "it should be allowed because it instils discipline in schools. This is because students look the same in uniform and it is easy for them to conduct themselves in a disciplined manner. This is unlike everybody coming with a design that they want; and therefore, the feeling in school is not in harmony. Some will feel they are better than others; some will feel they have dressed more expensively than the others and therefore, demoralising those who cannot afford the said uniform. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a very good idea only that it needs to be supported. There are some schools that have taken advantage of this issue of uniform. You will find a situation where parents have bought uniforms where they can afford but when they get to school, they are told that is not the one that they want. They are in business. They therefore, make parents return the other uniform that they had already bought and probably, cheaper and made to buy the expensive uniforms being sold in schools. It has become more of a business, and thus a discouragement to parents. I have witnessed this where I have supported students going to school and have severally been told that the uniform we bought in a certain shop was not the right one. When we went to school, we were told we could not get admitted. For some reason, you find the uniforms sold in schools is just but a business which makes it very expensive for parents. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity and as I wind up, Hon. Deputy Speaker, you look very smart in your African attire. Congratulations and let us support our local tailors. God bless you."
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