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    "id": 101954,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have not miserably failed. I think the hon. Member will understand the circumstances surrounding these events. Being a seasoned lawyer, I think he will fully appreciate that there are certain confines that we cannot go beyond. Having said that, both the School Management Committees (SMCs) and the BoGs have done a sterling job in employing extra teachers in order to fill the gap that the Government has not been able to fill through the normal provisions of employment on permanent and pensionable terms. If you look at the remuneration package for those who are being employed by the BoGs and the SMCs, you will realise that it is between Kshs2,300 and Kshs5,000 in most of the schools. The Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) took into consideration that low package. We had already increased the teachers’ salaries to a reasonable level and, therefore, we pegged the employment of teachers at the primary level at Kshs10,500 and the secondary level at Kshs14,000. If you look at the new scales for teachers, you will find that, that that package is not very far from the one offered by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). If Parliament agrees that that is the way to go, I will take either route. The most efficient way is that the BoGs and the SMCs should be empowered so that they can be able to employ these teachers and alleviate the problem at the local level and not the national level."
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