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    "id": 1109329,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our teachers are leaders and heroes. In my village, where I come from, if there is a funeral committee, the chairperson will 90 per cent of the time be a teacher. If there is a master of ceremony of an event, be it a fundraiser or a funeral, 99 per cent will be teachers. If there is any development initiative in the church, the chairperson of the development committee will be a teacher mostly. As politicians, our campaign teams are led by teachers because these are people with the grassroots touch. Despite a lot suffering, as has been enumerated by my colleagues, they still turn out to deliver services. Our teachers put on a brave face, in the face of COVID-19. In a country like Uganda, children and teachers are still at home, but the teachers of the Republic of Kenya decided that they were going to take a bullet for the children of Kenya. I wish to pay homage to those teachers who have succumbed to COVID-19 and been affected or infected with the disease because they decided to take a bullet for the children of this country, unlike in other countries where teachers decided to hide their heads in the sun, and two years down the line, children are still at home. Despite low pay, if you look at the payslip of a teacher, it is an embarrassment to this nation. There is something about teachers, they are contented. When you are contented, you are wealthy. Teachers are not crying for the kind of salaries that Senators or Members of the County Assemblies (MCA) are getting. No one would mind that, but we have a teaching fraternity that has decided to put service above pecuniary interest."
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