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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Senator for Wajir County is aware that since my appointment to this position, I have been to Wajir County twice and other parts of Northern Kenya. First, the last time I had a meeting with the local leaders, MPs and the Governor, we discussed this particular issue. One thing we came up with was that there has to be home grown solutions, meaning that we have to train people from those particular areas to be teachers. We found out that even those we have trained prefer to go into other jobs. We do not have people from those areas who can apply for teaching vacancies. The local leadership have work to do so that we train enough people from this area. Getting people from other parts of the country might not be a permanent solution. Secondly, truth be told, we have had recruitment from other parts of the country. However, there is a perennial problem of insecurity. Apart from what the Government is doing, it must be a combined effort of local leadership and the people to deal with those issues. Once we have proper security such that there is no fear--- No human being would like to work in an area where they are scared about their life and do not know what will come tomorrow. It is an area that scares people away. You find that teachers are employed, but after a few months or years, one asks for transfer or absconds duty permanently. Therefore, there has to be a collaborative effort between the Government and the local leadership in order to mitigate that challenge in that particular area of the country. Even when we declare vacancies, a number of Kenyans are not willing to serve in some of those areas. We have work to do. The Senator knows this is an area which is supposed to be dealt with collaboratively."
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