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    "id": 1120340,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120340/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to say that this Statement is very timely. I agree that teachers’ career progression and development should be something that we do. Even in the legal profession, we have what we call Continuing Legal Education (CLE) among others. In all fairness, teachers should be the ones not to shoulder the burden of cost. Whether there was public participation, I think it is very important. It is a constitutional issue. We have a litany of cases where the Government has been ruled against, where they have not done public participation. The TSC should not just issue orders and directives; they must consult teachers. Teachers have been pushing for their pay and their terms of service to be improved. It is important that the training is delocalized, the way they have delocalized the transfer of teachers across the country. That in-service training should be done even in secondary schools that are within the vicinity. There is a very interesting selection of Riara University; they are offering pre-law certification for the Kenya School of Law. This is the same university that offers professional courses. What is so special about Riara? We cannot reduce this thing to enrich a few universities or individuals within the system at the expense of the teachers. I agree with the teachers in the fight against this. This is unfair and ridiculous. It should not hold any water. You have heard that even the CBC is the most expensive. The other day, a parent was complaining that her child was sent home to take a picture of a sleeping mosquito. How do you take a picture of a sleeping mosquito? Let us be realistic. Let us not allow this CBC, which is very expensive and unfair to our children--- I stand with the teachers and the TSC must re-strategize on how they will do this in-service training."
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