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    "content": "I oppose this amendment because we know many committees were created sometime to help people who have been marginalized. They are called “affirmative action committees.” We are saying that there are some cultural practices in the ASAL areas that are detrimental to girls’ education; for instance, early marriages and female genital mutilation (FGM). We know that women are used to drawing water in the ASAL areas. They are also used to fetching firewood. They do all domestic work while in some parts of the country women are not used to that kind of work. We are saying that these are the people we are targeting. We urge the Government to look at these areas with a merciful eye, because it is a fundamental right for a girl or a boy to be educated. This is more so in areas where people have been marginalized. We know girls in arid areas who have gone to schools where, in fact, there are no teachers. Some of them did wonders at their “O” Level without a chemistry or biology teacher. They are very intelligent and giving them boarding schools will really help."
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