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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I have listened to the Statement by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. It does not add up, even if it comes from the TSC. I take particular interest in this case because this is a child from Bomet County. I have a history with Bomet County. Bomet County is the county that moulded my education. I am a product of Kaplong Girls High School which is in Bomet County. I want this House to know that I had the opportunity of serving in this House with Hon. Cecilia Ng’etich, who was my head teacher at Kaplong Girls at the time I joined the school. My heart bleeds for this girl simply because many of us grew up in those times when affording a sanitary pad was a luxury. This is an issue that we cannot just leave with the MoEST or the TSC to take care of. There is no way the TSC can produce such a report to say that the family of the girl, the mother or the grandparent of the girl is an alcoholic. How does that translate into period shaming? It is unfortunate the teacher alleged to have done this is a female. There is no way a female teacher…."
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