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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate my sister, Hon. Kiptui, for this very timeous Bill. I would also like, from the outset, to make reference to the Motion that your good self has brought to this House, which is very closely related and linked to Hon. Kiptui’s Bill on the issue of developing facilities especially staffrooms, in schools. I also want to congratulate, on a light touch, the people of Kibwezi for having a Member who can multitask, namely, she is involved in legislation as well as guiding the House. You could not move the Motion today because of your other responsibility as a Member of the Speaker’s Panel. On the issue of the girl-child, this country needs to look very carefully at the limitations and obstacles the girl-child is faced with. Poverty inhibits the longevity of a girl-child’s time in school. That is why if you look at the statistics of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, with regard to the lower classes, the ratio of the girl-child to the boy-child is almost equal. However, as you consider the ratio in secondary school, things start changing. The reasons are many. One of them is obviously the inhibition caused by the inconvenience of natural phenomena. For example, the girl-child does not have access to sanitary towels. The other one is cultural and socio-economic. Poverty is prevalent and most parents make a very discriminatory choice. The girl-child drops out of school, so that the boy-child can continue because of cultural inhibitions. As a legislative body, that is what we need to look at. How can the Government make it possible for the girl-child to remain in school for the same period as the boy-child? Some Members have talked about school facilities, but I would like to speak specifically to the issue which I know you will be bringing to this House next week. Most schools are constructed through the NG-CDF and by the county governments. However, both county governments and ourselves have neglected a very important facility, namely, staff room. This is where the teaching staff is supposed to sit comfortably on good furniture and make use of good computers. These facilities, if constructed, would help a great deal. They could also be used as storage facilities for sanitary towels."
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