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    "id": 780447,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/780447/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "The TSC has a very funny system of employing teachers. We find that they are looking at teachers who were trained six or seven years back; those are the people they recruit yet there are teachers coming out of colleges almost every year. We need to look at how we can improve the ratio of pupil to teacher in our schools. We must also address the issue of security to enable children go to school and enable teachers who are recruited to teach in other parts of the country be safe. You will find out that even Form Four leavers, as Hon. Sossion proposes, are rising in number in those areas and it makes the situation very difficult. I was once a chairman of the education committee when I was working at City Hall. In some of these areas, even getting a Grade D or a Form Four leaver is very difficult. They have to look for teachers from other regions. This is why we must have our laws address the issue of security in all areas of this country so that our teachers who have moved to teach in other areas or are posted by the TSC, work in a safe environment so that our children, whether in Mandera, Mount Elgon or wherever, get the same education as those in other regions that are safe and secure. I support the proposal by Hon. Sossion. The TSC and the Government must come up with interventions that will make sure that our children and other Kenyans live in a safe environment and there is education for everyone since it is a fundamental right. Thank you."
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