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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, obviously this is a grave matter which has taken a lot of time. Yesterday, we spend quite a lot of time with a Motion for Adjournment from the Senate Minority Leader. Everywhere you go in this Republic, people are talking about their children not learning. While thanking the Chair, it would not be misplaced for me to say the matter has not been taken as seriously as it should. The Chairman said, and I believe he was reading a Statement from the Cabinet Secretary, where he had said in public that examinations will go on regardless of the strike. Who will be the invigilators of these examinations? Who will mark examinations when they are done? You cannot ignore teachers and pretend to do examinations without them. Rumour has it that you want to use the National Youth Service (NYS) of Ann Waiguru to invigilate and mark. Is this Government serious? The Chairman also said that learning is going on partially in some schools. Could he tell us which schools? In the whole of Kitui County which I represent, I know of no public school other than private schools where learning is taking place. Finally, the issue of the schools in the north eastern region has been discussed on the Floor of this House. It has now taken nearly a year since we started talking of no learning in schools in that region. What is happening now is just that the problem has spread everywhere in Kenya. It is time the Government addressed this matter in totality. You cannot under-estimate the importance of teachers in education. There can be no education without teachers. Therefore, the earlier the Government meets teachers and agrees on a formula to return to work, the better for all of us. I submit that we are actually wasting a lot of time. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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