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    "id": 1106196,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": " I rise to request for a Statement on the failure of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to pay enhanced house allowances to teachers in Mombasa and Kisumu cities. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Education regarding the failure of the TSC to pay enhanced house allowances to all teachers engaged in all schools within the boundaries of Mombasa and Kisumu Cities as defined under the Urban Areas and Cities Act No. 13 of 2011. Under that Act, Mombasa and Kisumu are defined as cities. Under the collective bargaining agreement between the TSC on one hand and the KNUT and KUPPET, all teachers engaged within these cities are entitled to enhanced house allowances. Since 2011, the TSC has been paying the enhanced house allowances only to some teachers in some schools in a manner that is not only opaque but also discriminatory. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson to address the following issues. (i) Could the Chairperson explain why the TSC does not pay all teachers engaged in Mombasa and Kisumu Cities equally? (ii) What criteria does the TSC apply in determining which teachers and in which schools in Mombasa and Kisumu are to be paid the enhanced house allowances? (iii) Is the Chairperson satisfied that the criteria applied by the TSC is not unlawful or discriminatory? (iv) Is the Chairperson able to inform the House when payments of enhanced house allowances together with the accrued arrears to all affected teachers within Mombasa and Kisumu cities boundaries will be effected? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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