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    "content": "Turkana community, and one thing about pastoralists is that they value girls so much because to them, girls provide them with wealth. So, to convince them to take their girls to school takes time. You can imagine if we take our girls to school and when they reach there, they are not provided with a conducive learning environment or they get pregnant. Sincerely speaking, we will be forced as leaders of those communities to act. Pastoralists will be discouraged. They will not take their children to school. So, one of the ways that we can convince pastoralists is to ensure that there are adequate boarding facilities in those areas. We must also ensure that there are special funds to cater for girls in those schools. The Government must also ensure that it provides capital punishment to those who impregnate girls in those schools. Honourable Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a saying that says: “A hare – the so called Sungura – always blames the person who scared it from its hiding place and not the killer.” So, you can imagine that you have taken a girl from her protected place like her home. You take her to school and then she is impregnated. So, you can imagine her parents will blame the Government which said that girls should be taken to school and on reaching there, they are not provided with a conducive environment. So, as a digital Government we must give girls first priority in schools It will encourage parents to take them to school. If we take them to school and we do not protect and facilitate them, we will be creating more harm than good. So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion. Thank you."
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