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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a comment, I want to thank the Chairperson of the Committee on Education for the Report of the activities of the Committee. I am happy the Committee has been very active and most of the Statements that we had raised before were addressed adequately. The Committee has been very involving. I want to thank the Chairperson and the Secretariat. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the two things that the Chairperson of the Committee on Education did not capture is on the payment of Board of Management (BOM) teachers. In my county, especially a place called Chesumei Sub County, most of the BOM teachers were not paid. We had raised this matter with the Committee on Education. I hope the Chairperson will follow up on that matter. I remember the last time we had an engagement on payment of BOM teachers not only in Nandi, but other counties, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) of the Ministry of Education, Prof. George Magoha was supposed to appear before the Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, most of these BOM teachers are young people and fresh graduates trying to make ends meet. It is important that these people who hustle their way must be given their hard earned dues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue is on TVET recruitment. There should be a standardized process on how TVET recruitment trainer should be done in this country. There was a follow up that was supposed to be done by the Committee on Education on how we can standardize and ensure that the trainers that we have in TVET have an opportunity of having a standardized recruitment process similar to that of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). I am happy that at some point when we met with the Committee through the Chairperson and the Members, we agreed that they were supposed to fine tune on one or two issues on TVET. Two things before I sit - The first one is on the form one selection process. We had been told it was supposed to take place this week. The Ministry of Health is also projecting that we are going to have fourth wave of COVID-19 in July. The first term of this academic year is supposed to begin on 26th July, 2021 yet the Ministry of Health is predicting that we are going to have a fourth wave. These are some of the issues that the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education might discuss. We cannot risk our young children, especially those who are in the pre-school and in primary school. You give them mask. However, in the evening, they have exchanged with other children. According to some analysis or my little knowledge of what is happing with the COVID-19 infection, it does not affect children. There is minimal effect as opposed to teachers. Most teachers are dying because of COVID-19 complications because some of them are suffering from diabetes or other underlying medical conditions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have expected the Committee on Education to singularly focus on the first term and the measures the Ministry of Education and"
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