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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kipchumba",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank Sen. Khalwale for seeing the urgency and desire that our teachers are taken care of. But one thing that I would wish to bring to the attention of hon. Senators is to remember who a teacher is. Try to define or imagine what role a teacher plays. I was a teacher between 1984 and 1985. By then, I was earning Kshs740 which was a lot of money. Madam Temporary Speaker, a teacher is a person who changes darkness to light. The Indian Community calls them gurus . A guru is a person who removes one from darkness, which is “ gu ” to “ ru ” which is light. This is a person, in the spiritual realms, that we equate to our prophets and teachers of the holy scripts; Jesus in particular. In the world, there are two teachers. One is a mother being that person that brings you to the world. We thank mothers for that. But there is this other person who brings the world to the person and that is the teacher. It is that person who is very important, who influences people to be leaders. What about the Kenyan teacher? Madam Temporary Speaker, it is so sad when a Cabinet Secretary, in a new dispensation and world, still believes that they can give some decrees and shut people down. A teacher is a person that knows what the world needs. It needs people with compassion, love, care and warmth. But that person must be empowered, facilitated and live better than the students. It is so sad, with the present system of education, especially The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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