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    "id": 297911,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, paragraph (e) of Clause 27 in particular says that a person shall not be registered as a teacher if such person is engaged in any activities which, in the opinion of the Commission, are prejudicial to peace, good order or good government in Kenya. I just want to seek clarification on this particular provision, because it does not say specifically what this engagement is. Therefore, perhaps the Minister can clarify this provision as it seems completely unnecessary in the sense that if a person has committed crimes, under our laws, such person should not be registered as a teacher. This is, however, an ambiguous requirement that could be misinterpreted or misused or even abused. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to add my voice to the fact that we require to increase the number of teachers. In my constituency, we have several primary and secondary schools which are crowded with large numbers of students with very few teachers. Teachers are assigned more teaching subjects and more other duties to perform at school. It will be in our best interest, in terms of improving our education standards, if we were to put more teachers on the job. Therefore, I would like to appeal to the Ministry and to the TSC to undertake that task effectively and ensure that we give our children the best quality of education. We know that the higher the student to teacher ratio, the less likely children are to do better in their education. Therefore, to produce students who are well qualified and well taught, we need sufficient teachers to be posted to our schools. This will guarantee the quality of our education in our education system. With those few remarks, I suport the Bill."
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