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The
president has a reputation for being a no-nonsense leader. AFP
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Tanzanian President John
Magufuli has said that under his presidency schoolgirls who become mothers will
not be allowed to go back to school after giving birth.
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Photo © 2016 Elin MartÃnez/Human Rights Watch
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The
president was speaking at a public rally in Chalinze town, about 100km west of
the main city Dar es Salaam.
"After
calculating some few mathematics she’d be asking the teacher in the classroom
‘let me go out and breastfeed my crying baby,'" reasoned President
Magufuli.
As
for the man responsible for the pregnancy, the president said he should be
imprisoned for 30 years and put the energy he used to impregnate the girl into
farming while in jail.
"These
NGOs should go out and open schools for parents. But they should not force the
government [to take back the pupils].
"I'm
giving out free education for students who have really decided to go and study,
and now you want me to educate the parents?” President Magufuli said.
The
president added to a round of applause:
After
getting pregnant, you are done!”
In Tanzania, are at least 8,000 girls who drop out of school every year due to pregnancy, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
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