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    "content": "other rights. The right to food, access to information, read and write, negotiate and the right to health, especially for women to raise healthy families and communities is all ensured by the right to education. There is no better foundation than the right to education. I am very glad that our colleague, the Senator for Vihiga, brought this as a matter of urgency. Of course our Constitution guarantees the right to education. However, one of the things that I have found is that we have actually perfected the art of indirect discrimination, where as a country, or institutions, we do not provide teachers or quality education that is enjoyed by the other parts of the country or certain marginalized areas, communities and groups, be they disabled, migratory or pastoralist communities. There is a lot of indirect discrimination as a result of education and lack of access to it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for us as northern Kenya inhabitants, especially as women, there is a lot of indirect discrimination where we find something enshrined in our Constitution yet it is not of quality. How many teachers are there? Everybody has said that we get two teachers who are sometimes untrained or volunteer teachers who can hardly string a sentence in English. What chance does a child from these marginalized communities have to compete with the rest of the country and the world? For me, the right to education is what enables other rights. Therefore, I stand to support this Motion. I would also urge Sen. Khaniri to revise it and make it more holistic and rights-based so that everybody who is usually excluded has a fighting chance to get access to quality education. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I support."
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