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    "id": 1006111,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "the policy on recruitment of teachers is the constitutional mandate of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Recruitment of BOM teachers is independently done by the respective boards without the involvement of the Ministry. However, as explained below, the Ministry has already facilitated public primary and secondary schools and public teacher training colleges to enable them to continue paying wages to their support staff engaged by BOMs for the period ending 30th June 2020. The next question was whether the Ministry could consider utilising part of these funds to pay the schools’ or institutes’ support staff, who have also not been paid for the last three months. The response is that the Ministry of Education caters for support staff wages, both in public primary and secondary schools, through Free Primary Education (FPE) and Free Day Secondary School (FDSE) funds. For the teacher training colleges, part of the funds for co-curricular activities that were recently returned to the Ministry were reallocated and disbursed to the colleges to enable them to pay wages for the institutions. Last question was the measures the Ministry is putting in place to ensure that workers and teachers employed by BOMs are continuously paid during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The response is, as explained above, the Ministry of Education only has the mandate to pay support staff in public primary and secondary schools and teacher training colleges. This does not, however, include provision for payment of BOM teachers, as recruitment and employment of teachers is the mandate of TSC and BOMs in their respective capacities. The Ministry will continue remitting the requisite funds to the public schools and teacher training colleges to ensure that support workers continue to be paid. Hon. Speaker, there is a response from Hon. Wangwe. I think he is not in. Can I table both responses so that Members can have access to both? Thank you."
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