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    "id": 236697,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj. Madoka",
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        "legal_name": "Marsden Herman Madoka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Clearly, the lecturers are grossly underpaid. In fact, I weep for them. When I look at the conditions under which the university lecturers live, it is really deplorable. The issue here is not how much they are demanding, but what methods or how the Government is getting involved in trying to solve this particular issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) gave the necessary notice, which it is supposed to give the Government, for it to get involved so that the university councils can sit down with the UASU officials so as to arrive at some sort of a conclusion. I know that in the hearts of these university lecturers, they are not expecting a 600 per cent increment. In negotiations, that is always the beginning point. What has worried Kenyans is the attitude adopted by the Government. It is constantly warning and threatening the lecturers. That is not the way to go about negotiations. The Government has got to be more serious. It has to listen to them and discuss with them the problems they are encountering. I had hoped that the Minister for Education would not have come in, so that we could hear how the Assistant Minister, who was a strong UASU member, was going to respond, because he knows how university lecturers suffer. What Kenyans are really interested in is the Government getting properly involved. It should discuss these issues of the lecturers serious. It should also stop issuing threats. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is all I wanted to say. I beg to support."
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