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    "id": 548784,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 420,
        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
        "slug": "richard-moitalel-ole-kenta"
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    "content": "Assembly changes that. As the representatives of the people, we must do all that which is within our power to ensure that those teachers are paid. What is worrying more than anything else is the fact that whereas the court has started and passed rulings and judgements that those people should be paid, somebody decides to appeal and frustrate it and even makes the court issue a warrant of arrest to an innocent person. I believe ole Lengoiboni cannot and does not have the power to pay them. So, we are made to chase the red herring for nothing while in essence, somebody should know that those rights are ingrained in the Constitution. It is not what you will say. It is a gift and the worst part is that you expect those people, at the end of the day, to be voting machines during elections. Teachers must look at all those things because, if you do not take care of --- Their money is so little. It is only Kshs42billion. How much is being used to gauge corruption? How much is used to give people contracts that they do not deserve? How much is this country bleeding and yet the teachers, who are so useful to us, are left in penury and they die as paupers? Are they meant to suffer the indignity of surrendering themselves to the bottle and to ruin? This is something that we should change. What is worrying is the insincerity of our Government because when somebody comes and says that the amount owing is Kshs151 billion while in essence it is only Kshs42 billion, I believe that, that person should not hold a public office because of misleading the country. That person is not truthful and reliable. He or she does not deserve the office that they occupy. As you have just advised, we should move with speed and ensure that this money is paid. If we the National Assembly cannot enforce such a small issue, then I believe that we are also in the same league or oppressive system as the Government. So, we are with the teachers and we shall stand with them. We shall ensure that in whatever way possible, even if it means sanctions, that we cannot pass the budget for the Ministry, we shall help them. I thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I believe that this is a Report that should be supported by everybody. We must move and do something for those teachers. They are our parents and they are the ones who made us what we are."
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