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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very sad evening for this country. It is, indeed, sad because we have just trashed the powers which the people of Kenya gave this Parliament to scrutinize and oversee the Executive. It is, indeed, sad that what we have passed in this House this afternoon is completely at variance with what the Budget Committee had recommended to this House which was approved by the House and became part of the records of this House. If you look at the Constitution, you will find that it is very clear. It gives this Parliament the power to drive the Budget making process and the excuse that we are in transition does not hold water. We either choose to go by the provisions of this Constitution or live in the past. For me, I think we have done this country a lot of harm. It pains me that we are giving Kshs6 billion more to the Department of Defence and we cannot even find a shilling to employ teachers. It pains me when I go to my constituency and I find a school, called Got Kombuto Primary School with four teachers against eight classrooms. It pains me when I see teachers demonstrating so that this Parliament can listen and we still ignore them. It is very sad. Whatever the reason is, we should have found money to employ more teachers. The issue of Kshs2.4 billion transferred from the Ministry of Education to Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is nothing new. It is just reallocation but those teachers will still continue to be temporary. What we wanted is those teachers to be taken on permanent terms so that we are sure that they will teach our children tomorrow. We wanted 10,000 more teachers, we found a formula, debated it and agreed as a House that we give that money to the TSC. What has happened all over a sudden? Why are we that insensitive? With those remarks, I want to say that today is, indeed, a sad day for me to be a Member of the Tenth Parliament."
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