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    "id": 562236,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I continue to move the County Early Childhood Education Bill, (Senate Bill No.32 of 2014); that it be read a Second time. Yesterday, at the rise of the House, I was talking about the issue of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) going to exercise the disciplinary and professional control over the teachers. This is very important. In the last few months, we have had very disturbing experiences in schools where teachers have abused children, especially the girl-child. We have also had cases that are going further lower into the educational system. You now find this kind of abuse taking place even at pre-primary institutions, to very young pupils. The fact that TSC is mandated in this Bill to ensure that they exercise disciplinary control over the teachers is very critical. Having said that, I also want to add that I think sometimes the TSC has not really been effective in this. This is because the cases regarding the indiscipline of teachers tend to be increasing rather than reducing over time. It may not be the fault of the TSC, but the sort of society that we tend to be producing over time, with different issues coming out more often like abuse and homicide, among family members. Remember that if we are thinking about a child who should be safe within a particular environment, then the teacher should be the first person whom the child should feel that is the person who will protects them. When the child is in turn abused by the teacher, then I think that we have a big problem. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Bill wants to address such issues of discipline and ensure that it is taken into consideration and that teachers must exercise this sort of control. The actual employment of the teachers is going to be done at the level of the county in terms of payment. It is the county government that is going to be in charge of payment of the teacher, but the responsibility for the discipline of those specific teachers has actually been given to TSC. The Bill also targets and discusses the issue of free education. In Clause 40, every child is going to go to school free. No sort of fee is expected to be charged by the county and the board has made this very clear. The only sort of charges that are perceived that"
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