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"speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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"content": "THAT, teachers in these areas need the allowance to cushion them against the following: (a) Insecurity caused by marauding wild animals from Tsavo National Park. (b) High cost of water due to lack of clean water and drought. (c) High cost of travel due to impassable roads, occasional floods and remoteness. (d) High cost of housing due to lack of rental houses within the vicinity of the schools. (e) Too much work caused by understaffing. (f) High cost of medical care due to unavailability of medical facilities. (g) High communication costs due to poor network coverage. THAT, there is no justification to discriminately pay hardship allowance to some areas in Taita Taveta County and leave out others since these areas have comparatively similar characteristics in terms of climate, topography, security situation and availability of social amenities. THAT, it is surprising that some of the most marginalized areas in the county like Ronge Zone in Mwatate Sub-County, Kishushe in Taita Sub-County, and Chala in Taveta Sub-County, are denied hardship allowance while others are getting. THAT, unlike TSC, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) identified Chala Ward in Taveta Sub-County as the most marginalised area in Taveta County to benefit from Equalization Fund. THAT, teachers are reluctant to take up teaching positions in areas that are not entitled to hardship allowances and thus causing staffing problems which has adversely affected performance and general development of these areas. THAT, TSC’s failure to pay hardship allowance to teachers working in Taveta and Wundanyi Sub-Counties amounts to discrimination and unfair remuneration and thus contravening Article 27 and Article 41 of the Constitution of Kenya. THAT, Kenya National Union of Teachers Officials and other leaders have made every effort to resolve the matters raised in this Petition without success. THAT, there is no case pending in a court of law, constitutional or any other legal body, on the matters raised in this Petition. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that, the Senate, through the relevant Committee: (1) Investigates and finds that Teachers Service Commission’s selective payment of hardship allowance to some teachers in Taita Taveta County and leaving out others is unjustified and discriminatory. (2) Recommends that TSC pays hardship allowance to all teachers working in Taita Taveta County without any further discrimination. (3) Takes any other appropriate action it deems fit and your Petitioners will ever pray."
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