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    "speaker_name": "Lungalunga, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chiforomodo Mangale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by Hon. Titus Khamala, together with the amendments proposed by Hon. Koech from Chepalungu. The TSC is frustrating the teachers of this country. Delocalisation was brought about when the TSC wanted to punish the unionists. After they were done with the union, they turned to teachers. Hon. Temporary Speaker, history is very clear. In 1967, the teachers of this country, in their own wisdom, decided to form the TSC so that they could have an employer who would take care of their interests but in turn, the TSC has turned out to be a nightmare for teachers. Delocalisation is frustrating teachers. It is killing them. It is making them look useless. I have an example of a teacher who had leukemia. This animal called “delocalisation” was forced on him. He was taken far away – 500 kilometres – from his home area. As we speak he is blind. There are many other teachers who have been suffering. My colleagues have said that there are teachers who have been separated from their spouses. Some have been transferred at the age of 58. Really, this is too much to bear. The TSC needs to employ more teachers. Again, we know that there is the issue of transfers. Let teachers be allowed to apply for transfers. We know that many teachers who applied for transfers have not been given. They are just there. Instead, the TSC is just taking other teachers away from their homes. I stand with my colleagues that this delocalisation menace should be stopped forthwith so that our teachers can settle down where they are comfortable. They are human beings. You cannot compare the teaching profession with other professions. For example, primary school teachers handle small children who may be from the same culture. The TSC needs to stop this animal called “delocalisation.” Teacher management has generally been poorly handled since the time the current Chief Executive Officer took charge at TSC. All the programmes that have been introduced during her reign are punitive. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this thing they call “teacher appraisal”, and many other things they have introduced, all of them are punitive. Head teachers and school principals are always online trying to fill, I do not know what, so that they are appraised and nothing happens. Again, 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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