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    "id": 1283669,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1283669/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
        "slug": "maanzo-daniel-kitonga"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to comment on the two Petitions. From the onset, I will support the two Petitions. However, after saying that the one dealing with the Deputy President and Deputy Governor can only go to a referendum. Although, it is a good suggestion to this House, probably, it will also be forwarded to the Committee dealing with the bi-partisan issues. It is one of the sensitive issues because from the case of Governor Sonko; the former Governor of Nairobi, immediately there was a vacancy, there was a very big problem. Filling it was quite a process. The way the two systems work is that the County Assembly has now to elect a new deputy and in case of a Deputy President, the Parliament has to elect a new Deputy President. I think that does not go back to the people, but to the representatives of the people. Therefore, it is a matter which needs to be dealt with by all Kenyans in accordance with the current Constitution. On the issue of hardship allowance, it is very nasty for a teacher to be sent to a hardship area, where they have to meet elephants while going to teach. Additionally, there are no facilities near the school and they have to travel. More so, that is not only happening in Taita Taveta County, but other parts of the country, including Makueni. Therefore, it is a matter we should take seriously and summon TSC and probably the Ministry of Education to this House. This is to ensure that when the teachers are doing their work, they should love it, feel free and feel sufficiently compensated for any hardships that they are going through. Teachers have been killed by elephants while on duty and have not been compensated up to date. Teachers have been killed in banditry areas and they have not been compensated up to today. Their families have been left to suffer. Therefore, it is a high time we rose to"
}