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    "id": 106153,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as earlier mentioned, I wish, once again, to clarify that the o-ongoing exercise is meant for recruitment of teachers who have exited service through natural attrition. The merit list submitted to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) by the District Education Officers (DEOs) has been endorsed by the chairmen of the various DEBs. Because the number of teaching posts in the districts lists was negligible, it was not economical to set up DEBs to select one or two teachers Further, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform hon. Members that the Ministry does not allocate teacher shortage slots to the constituencies, but to the districts. It should also be noted that in the application of the distribution formula, not all districts were captured for the replacement of teachers as they did not meet the required threshold as calculated by the TSC. For the clarity of hon. Members, the threshold for primary schools is a shortage of more than 200. That was the minimum threshold that was considered for allocation of some slots or some places. We have, in fact, some districts with as high as 700 shortages of places in a given district. As far as the secondary schools are concerned, the threshold was any school which had more than ten to 15 teachers shortage. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm that the deadline for submitting documents to the TSC Headquarters was on 31st of March, 2010, for primary schools and on 15th of April, 2010, for post-primary institutions, and not on Tuesday, 30th March, 2010, as alluded by the hon. Member. Further, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry does not consider suspending the exercise because it is satisfied that the process was conducted with the highest degree of professionalism, integrity, merit and transparency as stipulated in the Public Officer Ethics Act, 2003. The candidates were awarded marks against academic and professional certificates; that is, a basic university degree, post-graduate diploma and diploma certificates. Other factors which were also considered during the interviews were duration after graduation, communication ability, moral character, special talents and willingness to participate in co-curricular activities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware – I think this is the most important part of it – that complaints have been raised on the merit list from various districts such as Yatta, Msambweni, Mandera, Mandera West, Isiolo and Kinango, among others. To allay the fears, I wish to assure the hon. Members that stringent measures have been put in place to address these irregularities. I have accordingly, instructed the TSC vetting committee that will vet all the forms that will be submitted to the TSC Headquarters. The agents have been instructed to issue employment forms to locals who qualify first before issuing them to other applicants. Furthermore, any move to reverse the exercise at this stage will compromise the teaching service to the learners since the"
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