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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Parashina Sakimba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would also like to make my contribution to the Motion on Teacher Deployment Policy/Delocalisation. The Motion was brought to the House by Hon. Titus Khamala, and an amendment brought by Hon. Victor Koech. The idea of delocalisation of teachers, where teachers are being transferred from their local areas of operation, might have been good in the beginning, but the implementation is wrong. I am aware that in this country, transfer of civil servants is allowed across the board, but for the teachers, they have special interest sometimes in the places they work. Many of them start their families there, and set their livelihoods. Transferring them from where they are operating just because they were born in that area sometimes makes them not able to deliver well. I have a principal from my place who was teaching in a school called Enkii Secondary School. The school was performing well, but because of the policy of delocalisation by the TSC, he was transferred to Meru. He went and encountered another lifestyle there. He had a condition that he is facing now, having travelled for 500 kilometres to a new school. I tried to establish whether he was being transferred because he was not doing well. The school was doing well, but he was taken to a school where the population of the students is 180. He told me that he felt like he has been demoted. I want to say that even if you are looking at the issue of policy on employment of teachers, the TSC has acted as a cartel in this country. They come up with policies and do not involve and check their impact on the people, teachers and students. Students sometimes perform well based on their teachers, and teachers also are able to serve well based on the areas they are serving. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to bring to your attention and that of the House to the fact that many schools in this country do not have staff quarters. You find that teachers are sometimes forced to rent houses. However, if you allow teachers to work in their local areas, where they have their own homes, they will be able to deliver. In terms of harsh conditions and allowances, you are aware that teachers are among the most poorly paid civil servants in this country. By giving them another challenge of being shifted and taken to other places of operation, you will find that they will not do well. I am The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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