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    "id": 1440328,
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    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Basic Education Act (No.14 of 2013) provides that no child should be denied admission to a public school. The above notwithstanding, children who become pregnant in school, especially those that are born in poor households, are likely to drop out of school so that they can fend for their babies. This not only impacts on their right to education, but also exposes them to early marriages and exploitative labour practices as they seek to fend for themselves and their children. Some schools conduct mandatory pregnancy tests without the consent of the learners and, more often than not, they expel any student who is discovered to be pregnant. Such children are also exposed to ridicule and harassment and are often cited as examples of bad behaviour; often leading them to drop out of school. It is also difficult for children who have been pregnant before to be re-admitted to the school or to another school as they are often shunned by the school administration fearing that readmitting them will be viewed as tolerating ill-behaviour, which they are afraid of spreading to other students. Hon. Deputy Speaker, even when the child is re-admitted to school, they sometimes have no one to leave the newborn baby with. This either delays re-entry to school or make them not to concentrate on their studies, thus resulting to poor academic results. 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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