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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I urge the TSC commissioners, led by my good friend, Ms. Nancy Macharia. It is time you asked yourselves what you are doing in that office. I also request my colleagues in the “Lower House” because we will be talking about the budget. The only thing in our heads, which is going to divide this country into two, is the Finance Bill because those people are going to be taxed again. The basic salary of a teacher is Kshs27,000 to Kshs30,000. What is that in this country? That is a teacher who made the current occupier of the “house on the hill”. These are emotive issues. There are things that must separate leaders from followers, and especially we, in this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you tell me we are going to amend our Standing Orders, so that we can call those commissioners here, I will agree. By the time they walk out of this place, we shall have a resolution. I dare say that if you look at the budget of the Ministry of Education, some of the teachers who were promoted--- We no longer have P1 teachers. I think it is called Grade 1. If you look at the Ministry’s budget, just like that of the Ministry of Health, you will be shocked about the amount of money they get, yet some of these services are devolved. Why do we not ask ourselves tough questions? When we talk about amending the Constitution or bringing changes, why do we not devolve education entirely like other countries? There are jurisdictions where it is the school district that cares about the salaries and benefits of teachers. We are in a tough year. This year, the cost of sugar will be more than that of a bag of cement. We should fight to increase this little money. It is little compared to the amount of money we waste. We waste money on salaries for Cabinet Administrative Secretaries (CASs) and fight in courts to implement this. If you take the budget of the CASs, you will send the money to these teachers. It is about time that we become our real brothers’ keepers and fight for them."
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