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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khamasi",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Lyula Khamasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to stand here to support this Motion. First I would like to address two issues which, probably, have not been addressed. The intention of this Motion is to provide quality education. You cannot provide quality education if you do inspect schools. I would like the Minister to listen to this: In Kakamega District, there has not been inspection of primary schools since last year. There is money that was voted for the purpose of inspecting schools in all districts, but for the last two years, no inspection of schools has been conducted. We, therefore, cannot be assured of quality education. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to talk on the question of recruitment of teachers by District Education Boards (DEBs). I would not want to see a situation where DEBs are used as rubber stamps. A case in point is the Kakamega DEB. It did its bit as far as recruitment of teachers is concerned. The DEB knows its requirements because it is the recipient of services and so it knows what it wants. The Kakamega DEB did this exercise, but it was all in vain because the TSC interfered with it. Indeed, people who do not come from Kakamega District were given those slots. This is unacceptable because this exercise is intended to provide jobs for trained teachers who have not been employed from those particular districts. When you start bringing in teachers from other districts other than the districts where they have been identified by the DEBs, that is corruption and it must be stopped. It is necessary that this Ministry implements what we have agreed to do through the Motions passed in this House. We said that if teachers die or retire, they need to be replaced instantly. This is not happening! Perhaps, this Ministry should be able to look into that matter and make sure that the Motions we pass here are actually implemented. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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