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    "content": "education, but also those in other ASAL areas like Maasailand, Kambaland, Samburu and some parts of Rift Valley and Nyanza. They face the same problem. Most parents would rather marry off their daughters and educate the boys. So, for the few women Members of Parliament from those areas who have made it to this honourable House, I must say congratulations. They have tried very much against all odds to go to school and I understand some of them are lawyers and many have university degrees. So, that is a very big plus, including you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You made it against the background of discrimination. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have to get to the root cause behind girls not going to school in those marginalised ASAL areas. It is not only lack of facilities. Since the Government has made FPE compulsory, I would suggest that in areas where girls do not go to school, let the Government sack the District Commissioners (DCs), District Officers (DOs) and chiefs. The parents should be imprisoned if they do not take their children to school. They should explain why they do that because there is FPE and if my memory does not fail me, in the Jubilee Manifesto, there was to be FSE. So, if everything is free, why do you not take your children to school? However, now that we lack facilities in ASAL areas as my colleague from Turkana South has said, let the Government utilise those funds which are set aside for projects that will not succeed. One project which I have said from the beginning will not succeed is the free laptops for Standard One children because of their delicate manner. They will play with them as if they are toys and computers are very sensitive. We said from the beginning that we should build computer labs in both primary and secondary schools with that money. Let everybody access them instead of trying to provide free laptops for each child. That is because you will have to buy a laptop every year. However, before we do that, the most pressing issue for us is to have schools in ASAL areas which are functioning for our girls to study and make the teachers happy. This time round, we have a very serious Parliament; let us fight for teachers. Let the teachers get their allowances and let us not allocate money for luxuries or to build palatial homes. If we start building a very big home for every President who retires and many people are suffering in the streets – people who cannot put food on their table – we will not go anywhere. Let us make sure we put our money where we will get maximum returns. One area is motivating the teacher and the girl- child in ASAL areas, so that they are like women in other places."
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