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    "id": 1521928,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1521928/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement by the Senator for Kisii, Sen. Onyonka, concerning delayed payments to facilitators of the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. We are all products of teachers. Even as you sit there, if there were no teachers in your life, probably you would not be a Deputy Speaker today. I support this Statement because teachers sacrifice their holidays when they go to mark examinations. After marking, the whole country celebrates their work and sweat. Remember, they stay away from their families for weeks over December holidays. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there must be some planning by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). You cannot engage teachers if you are not ready with their payment. We must also be sympathetic to our teachers regarding the kind of environment they are subjected to during the marking period. A number of times, they stay in schools, eat the same food and sleep in dormitories where the children sleep. We have often seen in public and also in the newspapers the cries of these teachers due to the kind of environment they sacrifice to be in over the holidays so that Kenyans can celebrate the results. I happen to have been a wife of a teacher. That applies to all families of teachers; whether male or female. Over the holidays, their families sacrifice a lot. This must be looked into. It cannot be that in this country, teachers continue suffering over their rights. The facilitators must be paid. When they are engaged in future, there must be a commitment that the money they should be paid is ready even before they start the exercise. I also want to support the Statement brought by Sen. (Prof.) Ojienda over mistreatment and---"
}