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    "id": 1439743,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill on internship. I thank the Member for Samburu Mheshimiwa Shemeji for bringing this Bill. That is Hon. Naisula Lesuuda. Congratulations on remembering the young people outside there who are suffering and trying to find their way into the economy of this country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, before I raise certain pertinent issues here, I condemn the action that has been taken by the TSC and the authorities concerned with regard to the intern teachers. The teachers were working as interns, and the conditions may not have been favourable for them. Instead of the authorities concerned looking into those matters by listening to them, they decided to dismiss them without cause arbitrarily. Those are Kenyans and very young people who are growing and struggling in our society. I ask the TSC to reverse that decision. The Departmental Committee for Education has summoned the individuals who are concerned to come and answer a few questions. The most immediate action that the Committee should take is to ensure that the arbitrary dismissal of those interns is reversed without condition. Many of us, at one point or another, finished college or university. We were involved in the exercise of internship. So, we understand the conditions, turmoil and challenges. Therefore, when authorities exploit our youth arbitrarily, whether the private sector or Government agencies, we will not allow it because it is wrong and illegal. This goes to other agencies, not only TSC. Apart from the issue of interns, the TSC has always been interdicting many teachers without reason. There was a time I went there myself to question why a certain teacher who was falsely accused and the case went to Court. The Court dismissed the case, but the teacher was never reinstated. I do not know what inhuman rules the TSC are using in dismissing their teachers and interdicting some of them because the teacher was dismissed, and not even interdicted. It is not only the TSC, but even the method the Kenya Police Service and the Kenya Defence Forces are also using to dismiss the officers who are working there arbitrarily. This is uncalled for. It is about time we look and relook at the rules that surround the dismissal and interdiction of employees in this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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