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    "id": 1113422,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to pay my tribute to teachers in the country, my constituency and in every other constituency. For sure teachers belong to a noble professional as many of us have claimed. Teaching is a calling and not a trade, where you just have to teach under whatever conditions and circumstances. It is a profession of professionals. Allow me to say, it pains a lot to see the Government mistreating teachers because they practise under very difficult circumstances. Today, when we go to our constituencies, we see the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is a pale shadow of what it used to be. This is because the Government walked in, interfered with their union and reduced it to a shell. This is not fair especially knowing for sure that these teachers are not well remunerated. After they retire, they earn partly pensions. You will see retired teachers walking in the villages as paupers engaging in that life of ordinary mortals which cannot be celebrated. Knowing that teachers let us get into the law, make their lives better, pay them and make their conditions better so that they are able to educate our children. I pay great tribute to the teachers of Tharaka Constituency because this is a hardship area. I am glad that TSC pays them hardship allowance in spite of the fact that they teach under very strenuous circumstances with very poor school infrastructure, there is no electricity or it is scarce and poor roads. In spite of this, Tharaka shines as an education centre and a constituency that does very well when it comes to examinations. The TSC should not in any manner try to remove hardship allowance from Tharaka Constituency and the neighbouring Igambang’ombe Constituency as I have been told. This is because we need to take care of the teachers in these areas."
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