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    "id": 940714,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "I think with the just concluded census results, we realised that the number of females is very high and, in any case, I am sure in that population, there are very many girls. In this case, we are likely to encounter challenges in terms of pregnancies. I want to support this Bill more importantly because of the fact that it affects girls when it comes to issues of access to education and health, while they are pregnant and how the baby is supposed to be cared for. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our major challenge came last year when candidates were sitting for examinations and we realised that there were many girls who got pregnant in many counties. When the results were out, most of those girls had failed. I am not sure whether they were given another chance to go back to school to ensure that they excel because nobody has made a follow up. The years 1994 and 2009, were very important years when the Ministry of Education was able recognise this problem and put in place a policy to ensure that girls are taken back to school after pregnancy. The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation was supposed to ensure that these girls who got pregnant are cared for. The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation was supposed to ascertain when such girls were ready to go back to school."
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