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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second this Motion on the girl-child education. The Motion has come at a very good time. It should have come a long time ago because the girl-child education is very important for this country. In fact, an educated girl is more likely to raise a healthy and educated family than her un-educated counterpart. Statistics show that a literate woman raises a healthy and well nourished family. An educated mother will take her children to the clinic for immunization and treatment. She will even know how to administer drugs, for instance, three or two times a day or one time a day. Therefore, this is very important for the economic, social and political development of this country. We have a challenge on girl- child education, especially in ASAL areas and many other parts of the country, where the girl-child enrolment in school is very low. There is high drop-out of girls from schools and there is poor retention. Even with the low enrolment of the girl-child in school, in Standard Eight, many girls will have dropped out of school than boys. By the time they are finishing secondary school, more girls will have dropped out. The introduction of free primary education has increased the enrolment of girls in school. But the problem is retention, quality and infrastructural development. We do not have accurate statistics. In my constituency, in 2011/2012, out of the 250 students who"
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