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    "content": "importance in every matter concerning the child. We may love to talk about teachers or hit at the Government, but we ourselves in this House passed that Teachers’ Service Commission Act to make the commission independent. We also know that the teachers’ strike will not stop until the agreement of 15 years is dealt with. It will never be about the current Minister or the Minister who was there before him or any other Minister who will come after them. What is fundamental is that as the media are following teachers to the streets, they do not go to the empty classrooms and in the villages to see children who are doing nothing in their homes. They are not going to look at the cost of what those children are not getting in terms of education. Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, will tell you that those children have a right and can sue because their rights have been violated. Even as we speak for teachers, we must always remember that two groups here have rights and the other’s rights are being violated; we are quiet on them and yet they do not have unions and have no ability to strike. Those who have unions and are under a commission--- I want us to get it right once and for all as a country, because we did not provide for the power of striking to stop everybody from negotiating, or building consensus; it is just about them holding people to ransom all the time. Mr. Minister, the dialogue that is continuing must be fair, and must have in mind the right of the children of this country. I am speaking as a legislator and also as a mother of the children of this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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