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    "id": 1218500,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "North Sub-County as a hardship area. This hardship area debate has not begun now. It is time the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) provides this House with the information on its classification of hardship areas. I remember in the 11th Parliament, we spoke about Gilgil. I also spoke about it in the 12th Parliament. I know you have committed it to the Public Petitions Committee but, at the end of the day, so many other areas are affected. The issue is that they usually look at an area like Nakuru and say that it is not a hardship area. There are pockets in Nakuru that are hardship areas. My proposal would be that, as the Committee looks at the Petition, it should also look at historical data provided in terms of hardships. I know the issue of Gilgil and Ndaragwa has been in this House. Let the Committee give us a way forward. We end up bringing petitions but there is usually no way forward. As the Committee looks at the Petition on Rachuonyo North, let it also look at it wholesomely so that we know the parameters that the TSC uses so that we can retain the teachers we have. Many areas like those in my constituency are semi-arid, and we are suffering because schools are not able to retain teachers. Areas like Thugunui and Washati are hard-hit by drought and are not able to retain teachers. I hope the Committee can look at the global issue to ensure that we have a way forward in terms of how the classification is done by the TSC. I thank you."
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