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"content": "human being, a teacher, when confronted with the choice between the right of a child to education and the right to his or her life, they choose the latter. I urge the Jubilee Government not to blame our teachers. Kenyans should not blame teachers, accept the lie of blaming the head of teachers, Mwalimu Sossion, blame the refugees as the Jubilee Government is doing or blame this particular disaster on the lack of a wall between Kenya and Somalia; blame it all on Jubilee Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I had the opportunity of talking to one of the most renowned Senators in Poland when I was there recently. Because he is the Chairperson of their Committee on Security and ICT, we talked at great length at dinner. He told me that the kind of challenges that we have here in Kenya cannot be tackled by walls, because they have the experience of the Berlin Wall. It can only be sorted out by what we call in modern times, smart borders. The management of borders in the current world is done smart. It should concern the Senate that trained armed police officers, upon being posted to north eastern region, opt to resign. If they can opt to resign, what do you expect of a teacher who is armed with a biro, pencil and a piece of chalk? I demand that the teachers who have failed to report to their stations must have their security by way of job and be paid as the Government tries to figure out how to fix that problem. I cannot end my comment on teachers without registering my solidarity with"
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