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    "id": 1012879,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1012879/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to add my voice on this matter in the celebration of World Teachers’ Day. As it has been said by my colleagues, teachers play a very important role in the society. They do so both inside and outside the classroom. However, the most unfortunate thing about our situation is that our teachers have largely been reduced to beggars. I do not understand why when it comes to their salaries and allowances, they either beg for it from the Government or viciously fight for it. I was in Kitui County over the weekend and can bear testimony to the good work that teachers are doing even outside the classroom. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit Tharaka Ward, where teachers have come together and mobilized their students and former students to get involved in community work. They were repairing roads and some other menial work for the benefit of the community. On Sunday, I had the opportunity to visit Miambani Ward, where teachers are mobilizing young people and their colleagues to get involved in church work. The role of teachers in the society can never be gainsaid. All of us, including myself, are beneficiaries of the input of teachers in our lives. I stand here to laud and appreciate my teachers, starting with Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, the Deputy Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, who was my teacher. She taught me at the Moi University. I see many other teachers in this House. I can see Sen. (Prof.) Ekal who is a professor of physics. I see Sen. (Dr.) Langat who taught Sen. Cheruiyot at the university. Unknown to many people, Sen. Cheruiyot is a Sunday School teacher. Therefore, we need to celebrate our teachers. There is a category of teachers that we must celebrate and look into their welfare. These are teachers in Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE). They have been left behind in conversations around teachers. I come from a county where ECDE teachers are not in the payroll of the county government. They render services, but county governments can decide to pay them or not. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I call upon all county governments in this country to remember the welfare of ECDE teachers because they play a very important role in laying a firm foundation for our children. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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