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    "id": 830693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Masara",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Francis Masara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion and congratulate Hon. Caleb for bringing it to the attention of the House. As you are aware, some schools were established long time ago and the population is increasing yearly yet land does not increase. So, it is very important for the Government to establish a policy on where schools which have bigger enrolment can acquire extra land through Government funding. According to the current Government policy, there is a rate at which Government valuers value land, especially in urban areas. If this is not checked, it will be very difficult to acquire extra land for schools with increased population. For example, in my constituency, there is a school called Oruba Primary School, which was started around 25 years ago. By then, it had a population of around 160 students. Right now, it has a population of 2,000 pupils on a two-acre piece of land. I support the Motion so that we can set aside some funds to buy land to expand public schools. This will cater for the increasing population of students. The latest policy of the Government of 100 per cent transition is giving public schools pressure because such plans were not put in place before the policies were rolled out. I support the Motion and urge the Government that it should be implemented very fast to enable schools to get enough land to expand their infrastructure."
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