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    "id": 1275402,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, although Standing Order No.51(c) allows us to ask two supplementary questions, I will ask one for the comfort of my colleagues. I have done my due diligence and I would like to inform Waziri that vitu kwa ground ni different. There are 43 teachers from my county, who are in Vihiga but want to be returned back to Nandi. Why does the Cabinet Secretary allow county directors of the TSC and the Ministry of Education to have so much power than the President of the Republic? One of the regulations by the TSC is on medical grounds. I campaigned passionately for the Kenya Kwanza Government. One of the reasons teachers voted for us is because we promised to do away with the delocalization policy. Why is the Cabinet Secretary saying it is no longer there, but it is going on behind the scenes? I have many complaints on delocalization and I will table that before the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me tell my colleagues who are seated here. In Nandi County, there is always a teacher requesting to be taken back. One of the requirements is on medical grounds. There is a teacher who works in Western Kenya and has a sickly child. Every Thursday, that child must be taken to hospital in Eldoret Town. That is a medical ground, but when they go to the county directors of the TSC and the Ministry of Education, that is not a good reason. Do they want teachers to die? Another factor is on marriage. You will find a husband working in Garissa and the wife is working in Homa Bay. Is it in the interests of the TSC and the Ministry of Education to separate families and encourage infidelity? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, could the Cabinet Secretary give commitment to what he is telling this House because it is only fit for academic discourse since it is not what is happening on the ground? My teachers are suffering. I have been having problems with teachers for the past one year. The Cabinet Secretary for Education and the TSC should be fair to the teachers of this Republic. They should be honest and do away with the delocalization policy. Let teachers work where it is convenient for them. Why would you transfer from Nandi to Lamu or Mombasa a teacher who has only five years to retire? For what purpose is that transfer? That is the time they need to be close home as they prepare to retire. They should be seeing their grandchildren and appreciate what they have been doing for this country. Could the Cabinet Secretary give a commitment on delocalization policy for teachers, students and Kenyans once and for all?"
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