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    "content": "me, they send me to a boarding school so that I can go back home after three months but for children in ASAL areas, the distance from their home to their school makes no sense. They reach school after noon, study for half a day and are back home and so they cannot have the time for the education they need. So boarding school is not a luxury. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what hon. Dukicha is asking for here is not luxury but let it be known to those who have never visited those areas--- I am again urging this House that we do not have a National Assembly when people do not know what other areas look like because you will not be debating with knowledge. Those schools are probably the only institutions in those areas with access to water, limited as it is, electricity and any other form of infrastructure. This is because that is where infrastructure has already been taken. At least when they go to boarding schools, most of these children are able to experience electricity for the first time. I was sitting next to hon. ole Ntutu, who told me: “This is not a joke. Without a boarding school, I would not have been here.” So, I am saying that we need to have boarding schools all over the country but let us do affirmative action. I always try to explain what affirmative action is. Affirmative action is not forever. Even as women, when we talk of affirmative action, we do not mean that you give us affirmative action forever. We are saying that affirmative action is for the purpose of helping those who have been disadvantaged to enable them reach the level of those who have enjoyed advantages. Therefore, let there be an affirmative action that can be seen, so that girls can stop dropping out of school to get married. That is another point for which I really want to congratulate the Mover of this Motion. Most male Members of Parliament never want to talk about wives numbers one, two or three. It is a very sensitive issue. I am very impressed that the Mover of the Motion is clearly saying that when girls drop out of school, it is about marriage. The moment a woman gives birth, taking care of the child becomes her priority. Many hon. Members have said that when you educate a woman, she takes care of her children better. That is not really true. Most of us educated women are probably doing worse as mothers than our mothers, who were not educated. This is because we are too busy. We employ house girls and, therefore, we do not bond with our children as well as our parents bonded with us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, education for the girl-child is about economic empowerment for women. It is not just about motherhood. Motherhood is a natural thing. Whether educated or not educated, most women can take care of their children. But can they, economically, empower their families? That is where education comes in. So, I really want to support this Motion. I know that the debate on the computer laptops is very exciting. The subject is always mentioned because people really like the computer laptop debate but the issue before us right now is very different and pertinent. It is about safeguarding our girls but because hon. Members love the computer laptop debate--- Of course, I am from the Jubilee Government, and I can assure this House that I was part of the team that wrote the party’s manifesto."
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