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    "id": 1440391,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1440391/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Agnes Mantaine",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 420,
        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
        "slug": "richard-moitalel-ole-kenta"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. It seeks to look into the problems that our young girls below 18 years undergo after dropping out of school, as a result of pregnancies. This subject is dear to my heart because I rescue those girls and I know what they go through. After they involve themselves in early sex, they get pregnant and confused. They do not know what to do or where to run to. Some parents do not take care of them. This Bill is providing a framework for the protection of their rights as set out in Article 53(1)(c) and (d) of the Constitution, concerning the rights of children. Those girls become parents and yet, they are not of age to take care of children and end up being confused. It is also providing a framework for the expectant girl or child-parent to realise their right to education. At the same time, it seeks to ensure the care and protection of the new-born child. We need to offer education to those girls because education is power. When you educate a child, they realise their rights and earn a living. This Bill has come at the right time so that we can support those girls and they can have a second chance to realise their goals. It does not mean because a girl is pregnant, she has to drop out of school and cannot be who she wants to be in life. If the Government supports those girls, they will have a second chance and go back to school. They need a lot of counselling because some of them are suffering emotionally. There are cases where parents chase them away from their homes because they see them as a burden. I support this Bill so that we can give those girls a second chance to go back to school. Becoming pregnant does not mean they should be denied their right of becoming who they want to be. They can still achieve their goals. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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