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    "id": 1283674,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1283674/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Quickly, I would like to comment on the second petition on hardship allowance for teachers in Taita Taveta County. It is important that the Committee on Education - which is going to look into this Petition - to not only look at the challenges that teachers are facing in Taita Taveta County, but also look at the entire 47 counties because this problem is common. Even as we are talking about hardship allowances for teachers, we also need to ask for a review of the criteria in identifying hardship areas. We have areas, which clearly are difficult to stay in, but they are not listed as hardship areas yet we have teachers who are supposed to work there. Those two issues can go together, so that the Committee can look at the criteria for listing places as hardship areas. In my county, we do not have any area that is listed as a hardship area. However, I can clearly tell you that there are some areas which are very difficult to stay in and we do not even qualify for the Equalization Fund. The criteria for the determination of all these things is also key so that we do not discriminate against teachers who deserve to be given hardship allowance. On the second issue regarding the request of the constitutional amendment, I want to agree with colleagues that it is now a constitutional moment because this Constitution has been in place for about 12 years now and there is increasing request for constitutional"
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