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    "id": 1142789,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Petition by Hon. Sossion and I congratulate him for representing teachers very well. Teaching is a noble profession, as we have always said. Any society that does not invest in education is a society that does not progress at all. The way we handle and treat our teachers is very important. I advise and urge that when the Committee looks at this matter, there are issues that need to be looked into, which may require even budgetary allocation by this House. So, if there is need for budgetary allocation, the Committee should recommend even with figures how much this House should provide so that we recognise and respect our teachers. Before I conclude, when one applies for admission into a university or any other college for a diploma, degree or post-graduate degree programme, there are minimum qualifications one is required to possess. Once one has met that and has gone through the process and qualified, we should not have any other body trashing that qualification. So, to get a degree involves investment by these very teachers. I am sure if we do not have somebody in our family who is a teacher, at least, we have a friend, a relative or someone close to us or even a neighbour representing teachers. Look at the kind of salary they earn. If someone can sacrifice part of that salary to improve his or her education, it does not make sense that once they complete, that same certificate that they toiled very hard for four years plus to get is not recognised. That certificate does not add any value to their life, and this is a teacher who is about to retire. When they retire with those certificates, what value will they add to them when people mention in their funerals that, at least, they went up to university? That is the only mention that will come out of that paper. It is sad, it is immoral and it is something this Committee must look into and bring recommendations that this House can implement even if it means allocating more resources. We can do it because our teachers are not treated well. Thank you. I support."
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