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    "id": 1106804,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I support this Petition and wish to bring to light a number of issues. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework of action that was adopted on 3rd November 2015, is very clear about support for teachers through continuous capacity building,; proper recruitment and proper payment, but what TSC is doing is not continuous capacity building. This is a business flagship programme that is meant to regulate and renew the licences of teachers. It is not at all supporting the SDG framework, if anything, it is going against it. I also wish to bring to the attention of the House a court ruling on a dispute between the Teachers Service Commission and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) under Case No. 151 of 2018 rendered by Justice Byram Ongaya. He stated very clearly that TSC is not Parliament to make laws and implement them. Therefore, there ought to be regulations developed to specifically guide this programme so that it can give room for public participation. It can determine who shoulders the payment of the courses, which institutions and how to accredit them and how other courses like diplomas, bachelors and master’s degrees shall be protected. This programme goes against the rule of law, the Constitution and the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013. The Committee should put its feet down and stop TSC from progressing with the programme."
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