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    "id": 1269971,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13581,
        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me the opportunity to comment on this Petition. I would be betraying the teachers from Kilifi County if I choose to keep quiet. I have been a resident of the county so I know the areas that have been mentioned in that Petition. My colleagues have spoken about the injustices that are meted on different civil servants on issues of hardship allowance. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Cheruiyot have spoken on issues to do with marginalization and equalization; there is something that has come out clearly and needs to be addressed. I wish and pray that the committee will increase the scope of duty so that it tries and addresses most of the issues being raised by Members here. I know in a short while the teachers from Nyandarua County shall also bring a Petition asking very legitimate questions. A Senator has given an example of two schools in the same ward where one teacher is receiving hardship allowance while the other was not. There is a secondary school in Ndaragwa, which was established from a primary school. They share the same land, title deed and fence. However, the teachers from the secondary school qualify for hardship allowance while the primary school teachers do not. If that is not the kind of injustice we want to cure with this Petition, I do not understand how it shall be addressed. On classification of schools, some schools find themselves geographically in one area, while the Ministry of Education zoning shows they are in a different area. For example, everybody knows that Nyahururu Boys high school is in Nyahururu. However, it is geographically in Laikipia County. However, the school is in Nyandarua County The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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