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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Outa",
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join you in welcoming Sigiria Secondary School in Migori County. I also take this opportunity to thank you very much for supporting the family of our late brother, Sen. Ben Oluoch Okello. You came in when the family needed support and you visited them in the hospital. Secondly, when our brother passed on, you came forward and rallied all Senators to support the family. You also attended the fundraising in person to help offset the funeral expenses. Lastly, you also came to bid him farewell in Migori County. On behalf of the people of Migori County, I sincerely thank all my colleagues, together with our Clerk, for contributing heavily to help our brother who was in need. Mr. Speaker Sir, I also take this opportunity to welcome the students. I want them to emulate the late Senator Ben Oluoch Okello and some of us who are here in different capacities in terms of profession. As the students learn what we do here, I want to warn them against the trend of burning schools when examinations draw near. This is something that we must condemn. The students must prepare well for examinations. In Nyanza region, we have 19 secondary schools that have been set ablaze. It will cost their parents to rebuild those schools. We want the Government to take stern action against the culprits, who are afraid to take the examinations. That kind of hooliganism is unacceptable and we want to the Government to jail them, if they are above 18 years old. Punitive measures should be taken, so that this impunity of burning schools every year when examinations approach comes to an end. I truly believe that the teachers who are before us today have prepared this wonderful school called Sigiria. I expect that, at the end of this year, a good number of students will pass with flying colours and join universities, in honour of the late Sen. Ben Oluoch Okello. With those few remarks, I welcome them."
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