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    "id": 56246,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start with the last query on the discrimination at the place of work. When the TSC moved its headquarters from its previous place along Moi Avenue to Upper Hill, these offices were incomplete. Indeed, the Ministry of Public Works, my Ministry and the Treasury did an inventory of the items that were not completed. The Human Resource Department has ten sections. The bulk of these sections have already been settled in various offices except the other remaining five that were temporarily made to occupy the current conference hall, which was required for use as a conference facility. It so happens that this conference hall is carpeted. It is quite expected with the human traffic, the kind of traffic you expect on a carpet; that was the status symbol for which they should have said thank you and enjoyed, but unfortunately, it caused some problems with them because of the flux from the carpet injuring their health, which I quite agree with. Therefore, we have taken a pre-emptive action. This carpet is being vacuumed every weekend, so that when the workers come back to the hall, they breathe fresh air and this improves the environment. They will stay there until such a time when we are able to shift them to the new facility and therefore, the conference hall will remain strictly for conference purposes. On the question of discrimination, which was also the same question raised by hon. Pesa, you have to separate two items here. The interdiction of the six officers relates to an act that they did which was contrary to their rules of engagement at the place of work. In effect, they broke the code of conduct relating to the way they conduct their businesses at the TSC. There is the mother union, the overall hatching body of the civil servants union. The current local union chapter at the TSC has not been registered. It has been there for the last few months and all the deductions of the Union dues to the mother union are sent directly. These six officers diverted that money to their local account. When the TSC wrote to us requiring that the subscriptions should be transmitted there, they were found to be guilty and in breach of the code of conduct. They should not have diverted money which did not belong to them to their account. That is the basis upon which they were interdicted and disciplinary action taken against them."
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