Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1012968,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1012968/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 249,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
        "slug": "johnson-arthur-sakaja"
    },
    "content": "group. They said that all our parents were teachers. All my mother’s sisters - apart from my mother, of course, she was a teacher as a mother - were teachers; from the late Grace Namasaka to Easter Muhanji, whom I am sure Sen. Wetangula and Sen. Khaniri know. She has been a leading light. She led Bunyore Girls School for the longest time and made sure it is successful as a national school. Today, Mrs. Namaska comes from Sen. Wetangula’s county. They were many; it was a family of 12. Madam Deputy Speaker, we acknowledge the role teachers play, including yourself. You have been a teacher at the university. Sometimes, when you are in this House, you go back to being a teacher. We acknowledge the role teachers play. We want to urge the Government to stop trying to break the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) because teachers need a strong union. As the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, we will not allow any breakdown in unions. The Constitution and the Labour Relations Act talk about the right of any worker to unionize, including community health volunteers and teachers. They have a right to come together, to agitate for their rights. That is a right that cannot be taken away by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). That is a right that cannot be taken away by trying to starve the Kenya National Union of Teachers or Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) of funds. We will resist that. It goes against this Constitution. The battles that were fought by trade unionists who helped deliver this country led by Tom Mboya in those days---, we shall not let that go to waste. I salute teachers in Nairobi City County. They have the largest burden because of the number of students that they have. Teachers, community health volunteers, we are here to fight for you. We hope that this Bill passes and later on, substantively, we shall address that very burning issue of the teachers of this country. I thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker."
}