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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Motion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say on the outset that we pay special tribute to teachers in the ASAL areas as well as to the girl child, who endures so much hardships as she goes to school. As previous speakers said, educating the girl child is educating the nation. Within the ASAL areas, at the entry point of Standard One, the numbers of boys and girls are equal. However, as time goes by, the number of girls reduces drastically. Towards the end of primary education, the number of girls dwindles to about 25 per cent of the initial enrolment. If you transcend that trajectory to higher levels of learning, you find that for every ten boys who progress to the college-level, only one girl gets to that level. Recently, in Marsabit County, when the Governor was recruiting members of his Executive Committee, it was difficult to have the critical mass of ladies applying for those jobs. The problem started at a very early stage in life for the ladies. In Saku which is my constituency, we only have one primary girls school and two secondary girls schools. That number is really deplorable. This is because many girls do not access higher education after primary school."
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