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    "id": 555394,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Report. My take on this Report is fairly straightforward. As far as 1997, the Government and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) agreed on these payments. I have never understood why the Government decided to renege on an agreement that the two parties had made voluntarily. This matter has taken a long time and the teachers have been treated unfairly. Teachers are doing a good job under fairly difficult circumstances. As we speak, we know that they have been pushing for the Government subsidy they are supposed to be given as a result of the many hardships they face so that they can do their job effectively. Teachers deserve recognition, support and motivation. One way of ensuring that they are motivated is by ensuring that the payments that are due to them, particularly when they have retired and have done a good job, are made. What the Government did is a breach of contract. Therefore, we should put pressure on the Government, so that these dues can be paid as soon as possible. I am not sure whether with the resolution that we are making here this matter will be taken seriously. From what I read in the Report, the Tenth Parliament discussed this matter exhaustively. Hon. Members have asked many questions and passed a resolution before but to date, nothing has happened. It is high time those concerned took this House seriously. We should come up with ways of taking action against those who take this House lightly even after we have passed resolutions. We should do everything possible to encourage many of our people to take up the teaching profession as a calling and as something they can be committed to. Unless we ensure that this cadre gets good terms, we are likely to have people joining the teaching profession because they have nothing else to do. This is obvious because it was agreed that the Government should look for money and pay those teachers. With those remarks, I support that the outstanding pension for those teachers is paid as soon as possible."
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