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    "speaker_name": "Bureti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kibet Komingoi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise in support of the Motion. First, I commend the mover. Second, I want to reiterate the fact that delocalisation in itself is not a bad idea. However, it has been misused and abused. In some cases, it has been used to force teachers out of service. In my constituency, there are two teachers who, because of the position they took at the height of campaigns, were transferred to Lamu. When they reported to that school, they found that it had been closed because of insecurity. When they came back, they were told they had deserted duty and were, therefore, removed from service. In implementing delocalisation, having a clear policy is the way to go. We will also have to deal with sister issues that arise out of delocalisation. We may be delocalising because there are inadequate teachers in some areas in the country. The question is, why do we not employ new teachers in those areas given the fact that very many teachers have graduated from school but are out of employment? To ensure delocalisation has a human face, we must look at the totality of the welfare of the teacher. Because of this programme, some schools are understaffed. Communities around these schools are forced to employ Board of Management (BOM) teachers, thus burdening the schools in a bid to meet the cost of hiring those teachers. Our idea is that with the development of a proper policy on delocalisation, we will be able to map out areas that need more teachers, employ those teachers and ensure that teachers’ welfare is taken care of. If, for example, a teacher is transferred from one constituency to another, we should see to it that their welfare, especially medical welfare, is taken care of. The teachers’ medical cover is limited to certain hospitals. While it is true that teachers have two medical covers—National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and AON-Minet—we are aware of the issues surrounding those two insurances. I want to reiterate the point that the Member for Kesses made. If you are delocalising a 58-year old teacher and hoping that he will still go back home on retirement, when will such a member of the society prepare for his retirement? All we are asking for, in support of this Motion, is for the government and the Ministry of Education to develop a clear policy that will determine when, how and to what extent this will be practised. In its practice, a human face needs to be fixed on it. Attendant to the issue is the question of recruitment. From the statistics that have been provided to us, there is a huge deficit of teachers in our schools. Further, there are too many qualified teachers. Let us look at this issue so that we may absorb this population of teachers in classrooms to effectively teach the children. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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