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    "id": 1229889,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dekow Mohamed",
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    "content": "are being taken care of by donor agencies and the Government of Kenya. This means they have settled on land which eventually will bring conflict among the communities living in my constituency. Another problem we are facing as a result of drought is parents have lost their livelihoods, and so they cannot fend for their families or take their children to school. This means as a Member of Parliament, I have to take care of the 100 per cent transition to secondary schools and university using the NG-CDF fund I have been allocated. This is a big challenge for me. As a Member of Parliament, I also need to address issues of education in my constituency. We have an exodus of teachers but fortunately yesterday in this House, we were debating the issue of junior secondary schools and we almost have 100 per cent transition. The biggest problem we have is allocation of teachers by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Out of the 30,000 teachers recruited this year, we managed to only get 15. We already had a shortfall in my constituency and we need affirmative action in this area. Another situation we are facing is with regard to civil documents like passports and identity (ID) cards. In my constituency when young people want to get IDs, they undergo a very tedious vetting process unlike the rest of the country. We need the Government to relook into this issue of the vetting process which is too tedious and discouraging. On the issue of passports, we had a passport control office in Garissa. Unfortunately, it was moved as a result of politics immediately the former Member of Garissa Township was removed as the Leader of the Majority Party. So, my constituents have to travel to Nairobi to get this important travel document. I want to bring to your attention that a big number of my constituents go for Hajj in Mecca every year to perform a religious duty. They number between 3,000 and 4,000. Also, we have young people seeking employment opportunities in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Somalia and the neighbouring region. They come to seek for this travel document in Nairobi. This is too expensive and it takes too long to access this document. We need this office returned back to Garissa to serve the people of not only Garissa Township Constituency but also the counties of Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Tana River. Hon. Deputy Speaker, once again I thank you for giving me an opportunity. Inshallah or God willing, I will be participating in debates. The issue on the table today is about standardisation of uniforms. In my own opinion, I do not understand the essence of this Motion. We already have uniforms in schools, so we need to be clear on what we want to standardise. What we should discourage is principals or teachers asking for money to buy school uniforms on behalf of our children. This should be the responsibility of parents. So, I do…"
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