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    "content": "I am a trained teacher. I believe that what we would really like to do is to respond to the uncertainty and challenges that we are facing and avoid what Hon. Sossion indicated as he moved the Motion because it is a critical and urgent issue. When we think of the experience of teaching, there are a number of us here as has been indicated earlier by Hon. Wanga. However, I had a very distinguished experience which led me to become a teacher when I was in Form Four. Indeed, I got a chance to engage in education which truly can be distinguished from schooling. I was hoping that as we address this, in terms of how we want to look at the solution, that we would see the recommendations of affirmative action in the context in which it is normally applied. Affirmative action is applied whenever there is a sense of exclusion or a sense of grievance that requires urgent action. Affirmative action has a time line. I was to recommend based on my own experience, having been a very successful teacher after Form Four and indeed after Form Six. I taught at Ng’iya Girls Secondary School. It is in order we immediately seek closure to the current situation in Kenya where we seem to have a tale of two cities and a situation where people even as we talk about unity, do not recognise that there are diversities. Indeed, as the Hon. Member said earlier, when we think nationally and globally, if we are ever going to make a true difference, we must act locally. As I wind up, while I support this Motion, indeed we do not have to worry about quality when we talk about untrained teachers. I think what we need to do is to be very clear that we are not making this a permanent solution. It is an affirmative action that is intended to ensure that what is enshrined in the Bill of Rights seeks to ensure the dignity of all individuals and communities is respected and can be addressed by not only ensuring that those schools have teachers but also teachers who by way of the examples we have been given are taken care of. Therefore, it is my humble submission and request that as we deal with issues, it is useful that we get to listen and hear what teachers who have been in untrained positions have to say. We need to look at policies as ways by which we can provide leadership by solving problems and giving direction when it is timely and it can help our country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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