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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "proposing here is, indeed, one that, if it is implemented, will address the issue of teacher shortages. We are in a serious dilemma in northern Kenya. Almost all public schools are coming to a close. Mandera is most affected but the situation is the same in Wajir and Garissa. I call on the Chair of the Committee to look into our plight. I know she is already handling this issue. The children of northern Kenya are having serious problems in terms of not getting good education. In the sense that I want to restrict myself to talking of the people being addressed here, I want to say that the TSC is suffering the challenge of managing relationships with the teachers’ unions. These two organs should be working in harmony, so that they are able to understand each other and ensure that grievances raised from one side are rationally discussed. This is so that we do not go to a point where the unions kind of put a gun on the heads of the parents of these schools, and force them to call on TSC to ensure that they take certain very difficult decisions. I want to hope and believe that the Commissioners being brought on board will have as their first priority, as they have mentioned in their credentials, the ability to negotiate and reach amicable agreement with teachers’ unions. This is so that we do not suffer as a country from the problems of our children not being in class. I do not want to say much more than that. I will tell my colleagues that, indeed, approving these names as they appear in the Report that we have been given, and appreciating the good work that has been done by the Committee on Education, will be inject very good efficiency into TSC. For that reason, I encourage my colleagues to support this Report. Thank you."
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