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    "id": 1163557,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1163557/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank these petitioners who have brought the plight of the ECDE teachers in Nyamira County to the attention of this House. First, if I can expound on the problems and troubles that these teachers are facing, other than talking about their termination, these teachers were employed on contract. In Nyamira County, we refer to them as ECDE Phase I teachers. When their contracts came to an end and they were not renewed, legally, they were entitled to be paid gratuity. However, as I speak, they have never been paid. As Senators have stated here, these teachers earn Kshs13,500 but they have never been paid for more than two-and-half years. As you know, we had a misfortune in Nyamira. We lost our governor, the late Mzee Nyagarama, and the deputy governor took over as governor. There was a payslip that was going round in social media, where he was paid good money as arrears for the period he was acting as governor. That is money you cannot compare with what the poor ECD teachers are asking for. I am the one who knocked the table there and invoked the name of my mother Nyamukami fighting for Kshs600 million to go to Nyamira County, money which would have been taken from Nyamira to go to other counties. I cannot understand why the Governor of Nyamira, Hon. Nyaribo, cannot pay the poor ECDE teachers and even renew their contract so that they can serve in Phase II. We even had discussions with Members of County Assembly (MCAs) that they budget, so that money is provided for to convert these teachers into permanent and pensionable employment terms. Up to date, nothing has happened. We do not send money to counties to go into people’s pockets. You heard the Senator for Nandi County giving reference to the many corruption allegations that have been forwarded to this Senate concerning Nyamira County."
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