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    "id": 834240,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
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        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by Hon. Caleb Kositany. It is a very important and timely Motion. The biggest problem that we have in our schools, especially for expansion purposes, is land given that the prices are not standardised. It is important that we develop a policy guideline and allocate funds to enable public schools acquire land. Given the Government policy of 100 per cent transition, we have realised that most secondary schools require more classrooms. In Teso North, which I represent, each of the 33 secondary schools there requires a minimum of two extra classrooms but the classrooms have to be built on available land. Secondly, there is need to put up additional secondary schools, which will also require land. The other big problem is that in the Physical Planning Act, there is provision for public utilities. In all land that is planned for development, public utilities are supposed to be provided for. That includes schools. Unfortunately, we have not been very keen in implementing the Act, which makes it mandatory to provide land for public utility, hence space for secondary schools. Therefore, this particular Motion, if implemented, will be able to help us develop guidelines to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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