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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kenneth Tungule (",
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    "content": "Ganze, PAA): Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to first congratulate the men and women approved here this morning to serve in the Cabinet. More particularly, I congratulate Hon. Aisha Jumwa who comes from my Kilifi County. She has demonstrated that if you work hard in this country, the sky is the lower limit. She has come from a very adversarial background, but the good thing is that she has made it and is now serving in one of the highest offices in the country. She is an inspiration to many girls from Kilifi County and I know many will learn from her. With regard to the Motion on Review of Teachers Deployment Policy, I support the reversal of the delocalisation of teachers. It is very true that many teachers have suffered because they have been taken to far-flung areas without their consent. I come from Kilifi County, and I know of teachers who used to teach in Ganze, but were taken to far-flung areas like Tana River, Lamu and Kwale. They had very young families, but they had to leave them behind because the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) would not listen to them. I know of a teacher in Ganze who was transferred or de-localised to Tana River. The teacher was sickly and suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. He did his best to talk to TSC to cancel the transfer, but they would not listen. I am sorry to say that we lost this teacher. It is a very sad situation. The TSC did not give this delocalisation issue a lot of thought. It was done haphazardly and has broken very many marriages and affected too many teachers. I support the Motion by Hon. Khamala and the amendment by Hon. Victor from Chepalungu. The TSC needs to reverse most of the transfers that it has done, especially for those who are willing. I am married to a teacher. My wife has served in the same job group for many years. She has been refusing to apply for promotion because she knows the moment she is promoted, she will be delocalised. She will have to leave her family, which is still very young, to go and serve in far-flung areas. This is not my wife’s cry alone; it is the cry of many teachers in this country. They have to serve in the same areas because they know once they start looking for transfers, they will be taken to areas where they do not wish to serve. There is another issue that has been affecting teachers, especially in Ganze. Ganze is a hardship area and teachers have been getting hardship allowance. Although it is not enough, at least, we can say that they are getting the allowance. However, it has been the cry of other civil 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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