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    "speaker_name": "Kericho County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Kemei",
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    "content": "to the newly employed which I support. Those who have stayed in the profession for many years — especially men who are told to move to another county and they have not been cooking for themselves— are affected seriously. That should be looked into. They should be asked whether they are willing to move. If they are willing, they can be allowed to move. However, those who are not willing to move should not do it. If they are moving on promotion grounds, it is noble. Some teachers can be promoted but there is no vacancy in their county. If they are willing to move to another county, it is out of their choice. Some teachers have responsibilities. Some of them are taking care of old parents and many other people in the society knowing that teachers are people looked upon in society. For this case, this delocalisation will do them no good. Some communities are hostile to outsiders. They are used to teachers from their communities and locality. Teachers moved to such places are stressed and may not be received well. This also affects their performance and the performance of students. Teachers working in hardship areas get hardship allowances. When they are moved, some are moved to areas that are not hardship areas. Therefore, there is no hardship allowance and maybe they have engaged their payslips. This will affect them very seriously. The TSC does not give notice to these teachers. Some of them have their payslips in negative. That is not good for them and the rest of the community. You will realise that some schools do not have facilities, especially primary schools that do not have houses for teachers. Even their localities are small centres. Asking teachers, not only of primary schools but also from secondary school, to move to such places with no facilities is doing harm to the teachers. Asking them to go and live in mud houses because there are no facilities such as electricity and water is not good. What are we really saying? We are degrading the status of teachers. When it comes to delocalisation I know of some field officers or county directors and the like who want to settle scores. Some principals, head teachers want to settle scores. They give out names of teachers they do not agree with. That is just one reason teachers are transferred. That is just but a punishment to such teachers. Teachers should not be transferred as such. You will realise that transferring teachers leads to family breakups. I know of cases even in the area I come from where somebody has gone to marry a second wife. It is not out of willingness but because they do not have anybody to cook for them and stay with. The family back home suffers. To me, teachers should be allowed to work and teach where they like it best. More so where they are more comfortable. The TSC should fashion a system where teachers’ remuneration is in tandem with academic qualifications and where one works. If it is in primary school, they should be paid equivalent to their qualifications. If it is in high school or post-primary, it should be the same. We have too many primary school teachers who have attained degrees but they remain in that place. Something should be done with the TSC. I believe the new CS will have to look around and put things in order. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should also develop structures in all schools equally so that it attracts a good student population. Why am I saying this? Many teachers want to teach in schools with good structures where performance is good. Leaving out upcoming schools will affect them. The ministry should put up structures. The enrolment of schools is attracted by performance and structures. I support this Motion by saying that teachers should be allowed to teach where they are. Once more, I congratulate all the nominees and thank this House for the job well done. Some of the nominees were teachers. An example is Hon. Florence Bore, my predecessor was a teacher. She was a teacher but has now been approved as a Cabinet Secretary (CS). Teachers should be allowed to teach in their home areas. The TSC should take issues and matters of teachers seriously. 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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