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    "id": 1212512,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13591,
        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the Senator for his Statement. I support this Statement because across the country, there have been serious complaints on the fact that initially, the delocalization programme was meant to achieve a very important principle of ensuring that we can be able to exchange teachers in various counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for instance in Baringo County we have had a challenge of insecurity where teachers posted from other regions are unable to teach in those schools which are facing security threats. Due to this, we have had a number of schools not having sufficient teachers to teach. When the issue of delocalization was actually abandoned, that was the solution. Unfortunately, some teachers from Baringo and other counties like Turkana have not been allowed to go back to their counties to teach. The TSC should be able to review that decision to move away from the policy of delocalization. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, families also have had challenges. You will find a teacher being taken very far away from his or her young family. It is important that the entire policy of delocalization be looked into so that we uphold the family situation in our homes. You will also find teachers who are left with about one or two years to retire, being transferred to very far places from their families just because of the issue of delocalization. I would like to plead that as the Committee on Education considers the Statement by the Senator, it is important that they consider all the issues arising from this policy by TSC. I propose that the report from the Committee should include the situation in all the 47 counties, Baringo being one of them. A lot of teachers from Baringo County who are in Turkana are unable to go back to their county so that they are able to teach. I also want to request the TSC that as they consider the issue of posting teachers, they need to have affirmative action in areas where we have insecurity. As they post"
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