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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "this Bill proposes that pregnant children should remain in school, are you telling me that our teachers are also trained to be nurses beyond teachers and to provide antenatal care? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must create laws that are in tandem with the reality on the ground. In Clauses 14 and 15, this Bill is proposing that if a teacher is found responsible for the pregnancy of a child in a school, the only thing that should happen is that he should be reported to the TSC. Really? We should legislate firmly that if a teacher is established to have impregnated a student, that teacher should immediately lose his job. Secondly, that teacher should be reported to the police. Thirdly, that teacher should be charged for the offence of causing grievous bodily harm to the student. A teacher who makes a child pregnant causes grievous harm to that child. Therefore, if found guilty, should be sentenced. In this particular law, we are going further and saying in Clause 18 that - “A parent or guardian of a child who falls pregnant shall not be discharged from their responsibility regarding the pregnant child and shall collaborate with the institution on basic education in supporting and maintaining the health of the child.” This clause is again supporting Clause 10 to attempt to keep a young pregnant child in school, but in whose care? I appeal to Members of this House as a professional in this area that pregnancy is a high-risk condition. Pregnant mothers die. When you leave her in the hands of the teacher and other children have gone to class; she is just in the dormitory. With those remarks, I support and propose amendments."
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