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    "id": 1283703,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for the opportunity to contribute to these two Petitions. First, I will commend Sen. Mwaruma for the Petition which speaks to the interest of the teachers. It is time for the current policy on areas where the TSC has designated as hardship areas be reviewed. Out of the many areas which have been earmarked, it only reflects a small section of the known areas that benefit from the Equalisation Fund. What was laid out in the Petition by Sen. Mwaruma speaks to the volumes of challenges that teachers, not only in counties referred to in the Petition go through, but across the country. We still have a long way to go in terms of equitable benefit to teachers because of skewed marginalization of certain areas by the TSC. In my county, there are three wards in Chepalungu Constituency that directly benefit from the Equalisation Fund. The wards are Sigor, Nyangores and Chebunyo. They benefit from the Equalisation Fund because they are earmarked as hardship areas. They are recognized as hardship areas because of the nine listed challenges that such employees face when they are seeking to deliver the services to the people of Kenya. I support the Petition. Once it is assigned to a particular committee of this House, I request the Committee to expand its scope to not only deal with the specific areas where Sen. Mwaruma has petitioned, but also focus on the country as a whole. As a result, the Committee’s resolution will speak to the challenges of all teachers across the country. I support the second Petition to the extent that we need to amend the provisions of the law that deals with the roles and election of the deputy governor. However, that is a constitutional amendment that will require a referendum. Therefore, a Committee cannot deal with such a Petition to its conclusion, other than making recommendations for purposes of advancing it to the National Dialogue Committee or recommend an amendment to the Constitution by popular initiative. Thank you."
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