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    "id": 1106795,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to congratulate my brother, Hon. Omboko Milemba. I would like to say this professional development programmes are good. They help to strengthen a profession. Teaching has for many years not been considered a profession. The people at the TSC are trying to bring some professionalism into it for which we congratulate them for. However, the way they are trying to bring in this professional development programme within the fraternity is what we are questioning. They need to involve teachers, through the teacher’s union so that they can contribute and say, this is what we want. Secondly, why pick universities that have never been known for education? There are universities in this country like Kenyatta University, the other one is Kikuyu and Moi University which offer education in this country. These universities have been left out. So, we question the motive of choosing specific universities including private universities, which have never been known to actually support education. Thirdly, is the idea of cost; why do you want to burden teachers with the cost of attaining a professional development course, so that they can be promoted? What that means is that those The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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