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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesuuda",
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        "legal_name": "Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support. On the onset, I would like to really commend and thank Sen. Musila for this very important Bill, for his consistence and for pushing to ensure that this becomes a law. I was a bit sad because it is something we had discussed. When I was a reporter we covered Sen. Musila pushing for it from 2007. We even passed it as a Motion in this House. We also know that the Jubilee Government through the Deputy President had also issued a directive that the same be done in our schools. Madam Temporary Speaker, unfortunately, many of our schools did not follow the directive. They did not also follow what was passed in this House, and that is why we find ourselves in a position where we have to have a law to make sure this happens. I would like to thank and commend Sen. Musila for his consistency and for ensuring that this Bill passes in this House. Reading the mood of the other Senators, we all agree that this is a very important Bill for our children, our country and for generations to come. Let me say that there are very many parents who are struggling to ensure that their children go through formal education. It is not that these children are not sharp in school. If anything, it is almost known that children of those who are underprivileged actually work so hard and even excel more than those who are privileged, but it is also unfortunate that at the age of 14 or 16 years, we condemn them to be failures. We condemn them to becoming thieves and prostitutes because they cannot afford to have their certificates or continue with their education and their lives or even to get a simple job. Madam Temporary Speaker, what we are saying is that when we pass this Bill, we will not continue to condemn our children at an early age to become what we would not like them to be because they could not afford to have the certificates. The law is also very clear, even in the way it is, save for just a few sections that have been inserted in the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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