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    "id": 1490030,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1490030/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwala, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Musau",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to present a public petition on the gazettement of Mwala and Kalama sub-counties of Machakos County as hardship areas. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Machakos Branch, represented by Mr Musembi Kutuku and Mr Ibrahim Ngunga of P.O. Box 159-90100, Machakos, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, KUPPET is a registered union with a mandate of representing teachers in negotiating for fair solutions to members’ grievances through lawful activities, affiliations and research in labour practices; THAT, Mwala Sub-County is geographically located in the midst of Yatta, Kitui Rural and Mbooni East, all of which are hardship zones, but only Mwala has not been categorised as a hardship zone despite a recommendation made by the Sub-County Director of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC); THAT, Kalama Sub-County, which lies between Mbooni West and Kilungu that are categorised as hardship areas, is not placed in the same category yet it has similar climatic conditions, and that while teachers in 33 public secondary schools located in the former Kola and Muumandu zones are entitled to hardship allowance, nine schools have been left out; THAT, the plight of teachers within Mwala and Kalama sub-counties is worsened by water shortage due to reliance on limited rain-harvested water, which they supplement through purchase of unclean water scooped from the seasonal Thwake 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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