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    "id": 954483,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bureti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Japheth Mutai",
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        "legal_name": "Japheth Kiplangat Mutai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First and foremost, the death of that girl was unfortunate. Personally, I attended the funeral of the said girl. I was present when she was buried. What we are witnessing here is something unique. There are not many girls who commit suicide. This is a unique case. I have heard what the Chairperson has said on the Report from the TSC. It is a sad affair of events to push blame to the parents of a child who has committed suicide. When I was at the funeral, there were several allegations that the TSC was trying to protect the teacher. There were allegations of threats made against several people that if they spoke a, b, c or d, something would be done to them. That came out in the funeral. In fact, one lady – for those who watched the funeral and there was a clip captured by television stations – who works for an NGO, was threatened by the TSC and teachers that if she says the truth, something bad will happen to her. What my colleague Hon. Kaluma has said is what should happen. Let the Departmental Committee on Education and Research be seized of this matter and investigate it. It should get to the root cause of the problem. We are being told that the mother was a drunkard. I personally know that family. I know where the mother comes from. She is not a drunkard. If she drinks, then that is somewhere else. This has nothing to do with the suicide. Also, what came out is that it was the first time the girl was having her menses. She had not experienced it before. It was the first time that happened to her. It was unfortunate that we lost a soul. We do not want that to happen to any other girl in this county. She should be the last one. We should get to the bottom of this issue. I do not agree with the TSC in absolving their teacher based on their own evidence and not evidence from an independent body. I say sorry to the family. I feel for them. I think it is incumbent upon this House to rise to the occasion and get to the root cause of the problem so that no family in this country will ever experience the same. Thank you."
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