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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. Let me thank my colleague, hon. Okoth, for bringing this very important Motion. This is something serious. There seems to be some disconnect between what is supposed to be done in the sector and what is happening in the field, as far as school fees structure is concerned. Unless something is done to bring some sanity in this, Kenyans are going to suffer. Kenyans have really taken advantage of the free primary education and also the proposed free day secondary school, which is not working properly as it should work. Having said that, there is a serious problem where I come from. I think my colleague alluded to it earlier. Since schools opened this term, no teaching has taken place. The right of the children in that region has been really abused. The membership of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has done a lot of disservice to the children of that region. We know what happened in Mandera. There was a one-time event where, unfortunately, teachers were killed selectively. But what is happening today is very serious. As leaders of this country, we must come forward and talk in one voice that something must be done. The teachers who do not want to go to Mandera and Wajir should not be forced.They have said very bad things about that region. We have the right to have other teachers. Let the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) employ other teachers. If they want, they can transfer them or sack them. But for us, we want our children to have the right to education. Those teachers have been employed there for the last ten years. All the quota for that region was given to teachers from outside that Province. Today, those teachers want to get transferred. I must tell this House that there are quite a number of teachers who are still there, especially those who are teaching in private schools. Only the members of KNUT have not reported. Something must be done. The KNUT is taking this country The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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