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    "id": 224335,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. From the outset, let me congratulate the Mover of this Motion for her very timely Motion. Actually, it is well overdue. I am glad to see that we are discussing it in this House, and that we shall be adopting it in the next few minutes. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day, I was at a workshop, where I was very shocked to find out that the difference between the number of boys who complete primary April 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 907 education and proceed to secondary education, and that of girls who complete primary education and proceed to secondary school is almost 50,000. This scenario begs the question: What is happening to our girls so that they are not able to move on? It is not a question of not understanding what they learn or that they are not clever. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, as we support this Motion, and as the Government is challenged to implement what we are asking it to implement, we need to address the issues that affect our girl child. For instance, the issue of unwanted pregnancies is something we must address both in Parliament and, socially, outside this House, in terms of our culture. In this House, we need to start thinking very much about how we want to confront the issue of unwanted pregnancies. Is it something that we should legislate on? Should we ensure that the Government puts in place, procedures for adoption? Should we also legislate to ensure that the men and boys who make girls pregnant also accept the responsibility to look after the babies, so that the girls can continue with education?"
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