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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "am glad to see that Sen. Miraj has outlined a legal framework to ensure that for instance, some of the rights of the pregnant girl, including the basic right to education is protected. Madam Temporary Speaker, it has also become apparent that when we are talking about ensuring that bursaries are allocated fairly, these pregnant girls are automatically taken out of the list of bursaries. Part II is on Care of Expectant Children and Child Parents. Clause 4(f) says- “guarantee funding and sustainability of the initiative and other child welfare programmes aimed at benefiting child parents.” I believe this also speaks to the point of bursaries; that the pregnant girls in schools are not further discriminated by taking them out of the list of bursaries being allocated to the children. We have had so many issues of children who are forced to take many medical tests the moment the institution, particularly the school finds out that they are pregnant. In some cases, they are forced not only to take tests that touch on the pregnancy, but also further subject them to forceful tests, including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have heard the sponsor of the Bill explaining that these kinds of mandatory tests put on the girls not only isolate and make them feel that they are now this very dirty creature in an institution, but it also goes against their rights children. I am glad to see that this Bill also addresses that. I wish to speak on the right to be readmitted to school. It is not a secret that once a girl becomes pregnant while in school, the first thing is that they are sent home. Some parents look for alternative education measures, maybe they going to other schools. It is very difficult for them to get these children admitted back to school, even after they give birth. There is a notion that they are going to infect the other girls with bad behaviour. This Bill is there to address that as much as whatever situation has happened and the girl has found herself pregnant, she should not be deprived of her right to education. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of prenatal and postnatal care for these child parents is very concerning. In fact, there was a Statement that was brought on the Floor of the House yesterday with regard to a girl that passed away in Dagoreti North Constituency that was touching on several issues, including prenatal and postnatal care. We see negligence in terms of making sure that these child parents do not even have that access to these facilities"
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