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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As we adjourn the National Assembly, I also wish to join in congratulating the Kenyan team which is participating in the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing for winning gold medals. They have, indeed, put our country in a very proud position. How I wish Kenyans emulated them. Indeed, we are very proud of them. The Government and all of us should support them. We need to support sports in general. Secondly, I wish to point out that, today, as we mark five years of the existence of the Constitution 2010 which has brought a lot of good things – a lot of gains have been made in this country – we need to realize that we are still too far from where we would have been. Without fear of contradiction, I can tell you that in many parts of this country, especially, the North Eastern Province, we still have children who do not go to school; the entire education system there has tumbled. Many teachers have run away from the region. Parents and students are struggling. This is a very sorry and embarrassing situation. This should not happen. Kenyans should be patriotic and serve any part of the country. Yes, we know that the main culprit is security. Insecurity is what has drawn us back. This is something that is real. We condole and are really sympathetic to the families of the teachers who lost their lives. We have lost so many teachers in North Eastern Province because of criminals. That is very bad. We condole with the families and friends of the teachers and students who lost their lives during the Garissa University attack. We also condole with the many soldiers who have put their lives in the line to protect this country. The Government must look for a permanent solution with regard to lack of teachers in North Eastern Province. Similarly, the Government must look for permanent security solutions. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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