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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this Motion on the adoption of the Report on the unpaid pension dues to retired teachers. Many teachers retired in 1997 but apparently, most of them have had a lot of difficulties. Before I contribute further, I want to thank the House for having approved the nomination of Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, who comes from my county. I want to thank the Head of State for appointing him to that position. The issue of unpaid pension dues to the teachers who retired in 1997 is crucial. I want to thank the Committee on Education, Research and Technology for doing a good job by looking into the issues that affect these teachers. These are citizens who offered their services to this country. Some of the people they taught then and before that could be in this House. Others could be serving the country in various positions and yet the teachers have continued to languish in poverty. They suffer and cannot afford even basic needs such as healthcare. This is very sad. As much as we argue about this issue of the retired teachers, today, I want to thank the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for blacklisting a number of teachers who have been pests to our students. This is a warning to the rest of the teachers that when we place our children under their care, they should not abuse that privilege. This has been very sad. We went through the list of the teachers who were involved in sexual activities with the students. That is the right action that the TSC took. I hope that other bodies will follow the TSC. Hon. Speaker, we hope that the National Treasury will act fast on this Report so that once this House approves that the teachers be paid, it implements it very fast. We should see action the soonest time possible. This should not take long. If possible, those teachers should be given the money in this financial year. I hope that this has been budgeted for in the next financial year because the Budget will be read tomorrow. With those few remarks, I support the Report."
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