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    "content": "THAT,CONCERNED about the numerous reports of the arbitrary arrests of innocent people by the police; FURTHER CONCERNED that a large number of those arrested are allegedly locked up in police cells without being recorded either in the Occurrence Book or elsewhere; DEEPLY CONCERNED that some of the arrested people disappear without a trace and that many who are subsequently traced are found dead away from where they were known to have been locked up; ALARMED by the recent incident where three young men were locked up for hours at Syokimau Police Post without any record indicating they had been at the police post, only for them to be found days later, in another area far from the police post, having been brutally killed; APPRECIATING that the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system installed by the Government in Nairobi has helped a lot in criminal investigations; NOW THEREFORE the Senate calls upon the National Government to- a. install CCTV cameras in all police stations and police posts in order to record each and every person going in and out of the station; b. have the CCTV system designed in such a way that it is capable ofcapturing the Occurrence Book entries every twelve hours; and c. ensure the CCTV system is connected to a central depository in order tominimize chances of subsequent tampering COUNTRYWIDE AUDIT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHERS IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEREAS Article 43(1)(f) and 53(1)(b) of the Constitution guarantees every citizena right to education and every child a right to free and compulsory basiceducation, respectively; NOTING that the Teachers Service Commission is mandated to handleemployment, deployment, remuneration and discipline of teachers in public schools in Kenya; CONCERNED that there are great disparities in the distribution of teachers inpublic schools across the country leading to oversupply in some schools and under supply in others and ultimately leading to major teacher shortage especiallyin rural and marginalized areas; APPRECIATING efforts made by the national government to improve the teacherpupil ratio to international standards in all public schools through yearlyemployment of teachers; FURTHER CONCERNED that the statistics on the number and distribution ofteachers in public schools is not readily available; 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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