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    "id": 676479,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
        "slug": "christine-oduor-ombaka"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this important Motion. Water is life and a necessity to all human beings and animals. Without water, we stand to suffer in the society. In my community, water is not only lacking in schools but also in hospitals and market places. You will find a huge crowd of people assembling for water. If there is no water, you can imagine how much we expose a whole crowd of people to waterborne diseases. Primary schools are supposed to be free. We should also provide water other than books and other facilities. Before a school is established, water must be available. Some years back, the United Nations (UN) said that every household should have water by 2000, but up to now, it is unfortunate that we have not achieved that. Water is available in rivers and other sources but it is not accessible to children in schools and families in these areas. It is sad that children spend a lot of time trekking to schools since they are far from their homes. These schools are built with temporary structures - mud walled and with no floors. This must be improved. This forces children to go to rivers to bring water to smear floors. The water they access is not necessarily from rivers but sometimes pools of dirty water. We are exposing our children to many hazards. It is very important for this Motion to highlight the fact that water is necessary in schools so that small children are not exposed to danger. Besides fetching water from rivers and ponds, children spend a lot of time constructing classrooms. This is an abuse of children. We are giving them too much work to do in schools by fetching water to construct classrooms. This should stop. The Ministry of Education should allocate more funds to primary schools to improve them so that children are not subjected to a lot of work when they should be in class. Going to rivers to collect water for construction is an opportunity for children to wade around. You will find scenarios where a small girl is harassed by some herd boys. We are not only exposing our children to hard labour and abuse, but we are also exposing our small girls to abuse by local people who do not care about the life of a girl The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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