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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyammo",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Thombe Nyammo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion because of a number of reasons. One, it has been mentioned here that we have a crisis in our education system. Many schools have been hit by strikes. This is a matter that we cannot wish away. It is a matter that we cannot deal with when we are still debating in this House. We must go back to our constituencies and ask why we have had all these strikes. We must stop the blame game. If we are going to stop blaming teachers, parents, the Provincial Administration and everybody else, except ourselves, we must go back to our constituencies. We must find out why so many schools have gone on strike. Are we addressing the fundamentals as to why this is happening? We have enough reasons, therefore, for adjourning. We need time to address all those problems. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, another point is that we have a major problem of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It is time for us all to go and find out whether they are settling back where they should be settling. I am suggesting, in all seriousness, that we stop paying lip service to the peace and healing process. It is time for us to go out where the IDPs are being re-settled and 2470 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 7, 2008 make sure that they are getting reconciled with their neighbours. They cannot be reconciled with their neighbours when we just talk in this House. Granted, there are laws and other matters to be discussed in this House, but are those matters more important than getting our children going back to school, to get what they should be getting from schools? Are we fair enough to just sit back here, instead of going out together to find out whether our IDPs are being settled properly? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not believe that there is a single Member of this House who does not think that the educational problems confronting our country at the moment is a serious enough problem for us to adjourn and address. We will be happy to see the IDPs settling and reconciling with their neighbours."
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