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    "id": 1212550,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Statement on delocalisation of teachers. As I was saying before that episode, the issue of delocalisation was part of the basis of our campaigns. When some of us went round the country, many teachers from Bomet, Nandi, Nyandarua and all the way to Migori would ask us what we were going to do about the delocalization policy. They were crying about delocalization. We assured them that we will look into the policy. I think teachers are grateful to President William Ruto’s administration. They are trying to ensure that the policy on delocalisation is removed because it is causing havoc in the lives of teachers. As I was saying, you can find, for example, a teacher who has six months or one or two years to retire being posted all the way from Nandi to Moyale. They only have few years to serve before going for retirement. Some of the teachers were old. I am in agreement that every Government employee should work in any part of the country but some of them were sickly. Others were diabetic or with high blood pressure. Therefore, the policy on delocalisation must be relooked. That policy should be done away with, so that teachers can work where they are comfortable, so that we ensure that Article 53 of our Constitution is not compromised. Thirdly, delocalisation policy is causing havoc among families. You will find a wife being posted to Karachuonyo in Luo Nyanza while the husband is posted somewhere in Wajir or Turkana. That is systematically breaking down families. A family is the core unit of society. It is an important unit that must be protected. Finally, if I look at my phone, there are so many Short Message Services (SMSs). People from Nandi are saying that many people are being taken back to their counties. However, most of the teachers outside Nandi are struggling to go back home. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should be honest. The directors should tell us how many requests in each and every county were made by teachers seeking to go back to their home counties. I think the TSC should operate on a policy of need basis, where you request to leave your home county. You can even rotate within your home county. Since the beginning of the year, my phone has had no peace. Teachers from my county are demanding to know when the TSC will assist them to go back to Nandi to be with their families and continue serving students in accordance to the right to education, in terms of quality education which we are talking about. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, I know most of our colleagues are teachers. I am a son of a teacher because my mum was a teacher. When I hear anything about teachers, I become emotional because I grew up seeing how teachers were being treated. Therefore, even as we talk about delocalization, we must enhance hardship allowance. It is okay to give hardship allowance for teachers working in the Northern Frontier or hard places such Terik or Tinderet ward in Nandi County. There are hardship"
}