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    "id": 1163559,
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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, it is sad that we sit here as Senators and spend many hours negotiating how to share money to counties, but when it gets to counties, it never serves the purpose it is meant to like ECDE teachers. I hope the Governor of Nyamira County is going to be summoned to appear before this House to explain why he has never paid gratuity to ECDE teachers and why he has not converted their terms to permanent and pensionable. I hope he will deal with this issue before he arrives here. My MCAs should know that such are Motions we want to have on the Floor so that we deal with them properly. If you cannot have sympathy for Kenyans who earn Kshs13,500, money which I am told sometimes is budgeted for the lunch of the executives, then it is inhuman. Such is what we refer to as unfair labour practices, where you oppress the poor and the lowly because of your position as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). I hope this matter will be given the seriousness it deserves. The committee that will be tasked should remind the governor, as Sen. Khaniri mentioned, that we passed the Early Childhood Education Act. I used to serve in the Committee on Education, and I am aware that it has been enacted into law and therefore it is law. What we require is governors to put the interest of our ECDE teachers at heart, pay them well and employ them under permanent and pensionable terms, so that they are not subjected to suffering. Finally, we should look for a way of finishing this matter once and for all. The best way to do so is to summon the Council of Governors (CoG) to appear before the Senate and collectively give an undertaking to the House that all county governments will put in place good schemes of service for ECDE teachers in all the 47 counties because we have heard what is happening in other counties like Nandi. I hope that the committee that will deal with this matter will summon the CoG to appear before us, so that we agree on the best way forward on how to address the plight of ECDE teachers. Madam Deputy Speaker, I support this Petition."
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