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    "content": "is the only forum that is open to the Head of State to solve this crisis. It is now being closed by his henchmen because the decision on how to reorganize finances is a prerogative of the National Assembly. Madam Temporary Speaker, the President should actually rethink on who his people are; who are his advisors? That is the question that he should think about and ask himself. At one time, Mr. Charles Njonjo said, “God, help me for I know my enemies but I do not know who my friends are.” I think that the President needs to make that prayer. I am worried because as a Head of State, he is supposed to have wise advisors on such a situation that I thought was a small issue for him to solve. Of course, he has the fear that by increasing the salaries of teachers, it may enhance the start of another crisis for demand of salaries by the civil servants. Yes, that is true. However, if the President came and said, “ I have listened to the plight of teachers, our resources are very minimal but let me ask Kenyans to accept a slight increase of taxes and let us reward all the workers of this county across the board, what would we have done? The teachers may not get the 50 percent increase but he would have now made another group supporting him from the Civil Service to hummer the teachers to keep quiet and not demand for more. That is what wisdom is all about. However, he has clogged and blocked that. The Opposition in this country is so good that they are awakening the President to the fact that there is a crisis. We should keep quiet and let him make those mistakes. Those teachers should now move to court and support us for at least thinking of their plight because that is the truth. There are many ways that the President could have used to pay the teachers whose demands as has been eloquently put by the Members of this House is not so much for 288,000 teachers for just a token increase of their salaries. What is 50 or 60 percent of Kshs19,000?It is so little. We only need to look at our holes of loss; corruption. The Ministry of Health has Kshs 280 billion at the headquarters that only manages two hospitals; Kenyatta National Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital yet, how much is being sent to the county governments? Madam Temporary Speaker, that kind of money is left in such places and not accounted for. We should close those loopholes and then raise some money. Kenyans will agree to be taxed a little more to pay for their teachers. That is the way to go. As I conclude, I advise the President to watch out as he is being misled."
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