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"speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, that is an area that we must look at carefully so that we also protect the interests of whoever would be the father of that child. Under Article 50 of the Constitution, we have something called presumption of innocence until proven guilty. So, at this stage, that would- be father should be presumed innocent until proven guilty by a competent court of law. The Bill goes further to protect the interests of that child by subjecting the suspect under this particular proposed law to certain legal processes. The teacher's code of regulations is very clear on how to handle issues of teachers who are suspected of impregnating students. The law is very clear on that matter. I believe this clause should be read alongside the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act of 2012, plus the Code of Regulation of Teachers of 2015 because it cannot be read in isolation. As it is here, it is not determinate. It is not certain, and it has not provided a clear framework on how to handle the issue of teachers. But I believe that we should have a clause that this law should be read together, of course, with the Teacher Service Commission Act and the Code of Regulations. On the issue of re-admission, young girls who have been out of school courtesy of pregnancy have had it difficult going back to school. Schools have been reluctant to re-admit young girls who got pregnant and, therefore, were not able to complete their studies. Now that we have a 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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