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    "id": 295159,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": "On 10th December, 1958, the constitution of the union was ratified and the Kenya National Union of Teachers, otherwise, known as KNUT, became operational. At the beginning, it was the secondary school teachers and tutors from teachers training colleges who developed the constitution and other guidelines, arising from their long suffering under the colonial administration. You will recall that the first KNUT Chair was Mr. Mkok, a teacher at St. Peters Secondary School in Mumias. He was followed by Mr. Anyani and many others since then. Parallel to this, there arose the need to have TSC so that when KNUT was pursuing the welfare of its members - and it has done a wonderful job--- It is one of the oldest trade unions in Kenya. It is one of the oldest professional bodies in Kenya and it has done a tremendous piece of work during that time. But even as the country was appreciating the benefits of an organized teachers welfare union and association, it was essential that the country also develops a method of managing teachers and managing the standards themselves not from a trade union perspective or purely professional body perspective that forms a holistic approach that will also benefit not only the teachers, but also the students and the country as a whole. It is because of this that this House enacted the Teachers Service Commission Act, Chapter 212 of the Laws of Kenya in 1967. You will notice it was enacted barely three years after Independence. So, it is one of the oldest post-independent statutes."
}