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    "id": 290882,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "The Treasury, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education have everything at their fingertips. They go on expensive trips yet they cannot pay this money. The role of the Treasury after the Budget is over. If this is budgeted for, they should pay. There is no issue as to whether they are going to ask the Attorney-General, after 12 months. Furthermore, even teachers who invigilated national examinations have not been paid. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) withheld the payment for teachers who invigilated the exams. The exams took place, the results are out, the children are now going further, but the teachers who invigilated have not been paid. Justice delayed is justice denied. The teachers have been denied their right. As much as we say that the Nyayo regime was bad and had many problems, one thing was clear that the former President, His Excellency President Moi was very frank to say “hakuna pesa” . He would say that. So, if there is no money, let them tell us that there is no money. Let us not be cheated that they are referring the issue to the Attorney- General. Let all external trips for the Government be cancelled immediately including for Members of Parliament so as to pay the teachers. We are in a critical situation and we are teaching our children that teachers are not to be respected. The moment the teachers go on strike, you send batons and tear gas them and when they go back to classroom to teach, the students have little respect for them. Finally, one of the main pillars in Vision 2030 is education yet the sector ceiling is way below what is required to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We have visions and I want to quote His Excellency President Kagame in what he said when I was listening to him in Rwanda not long ago. He said “vision without implementation is hallucination”. That is what we are guilty of. Once again, if the teachers are not paid this money before the end of this month and the money is lost and has to be re-voted, I am going to join them in the strike because this is not right. I am sure the Ministry will realize that commitments must be honoured. Otherwise, a reward is no longer our bond. With those few remarks, I support."
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