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    "id": 443379,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/443379/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 125,
        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Thank you. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a lot has been said, but I just want to add my voice. It is said that education is the key that opens many doors. All the other social ills that we are handling in this region could be sorted out with just this one move. They include the eradication of poverty, insecurity and cattle rustling. If you engage these minds to know that there is something else apart from cattle. This would lead to improved sanitation, improved maternal and child care and inculcate the culture of saving. Having said that, even as we support this Motion, we should urge the Government to put in place sustainable policy and institutional framework that will sustain the creation of these boarding facilities and improve the welfare of teachers in order to attract quality teachers in those regions and put adequate infrastructure in place to ensure that even as we construct the boarding schools, but they are sustained. We should also have sustained civic education so that the parents see the need to take their children to those institutions so that we do not have empty institutions. This will discourage early marriage and also give incentives to the parents. The other reason parents from these areas do not take their children to school is because of the labour that those children offer to their parents in terms of taking care of the cattle. This loss of labour should be adequately compensated. Finally, before we do that, we must ensure that there is adequate security in those areas. We can put up the best facilities. However, without security, they could be run down or burnt down in a very short time. With those few remarks, I support."
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