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    "id": 780465,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13505,
        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": "Eastern region. I am saying this because it is good to have a contextual understanding of the area and the incident for one to make correct contribution and the right decision on this issue. Unlike other parts of the North Eastern region... I want to confirm that I have worked in northern region and was involved in these kinds of incidents. This isolated incident happened at a place of close proximity to the porous Somalia border. Unfortunately, collective punishment has been applied to the entire North Eastern region. My constituency is 400 kilometers from Wajir Town. It is of close proximity to Moyale, a 20 minute-drive to Moyale. It is 2 kilometers away from the border with Ethiopia and yet all teachers were moved out. One of the secondary schools in my constituency called Buna Boys Secondary School has 12 teachers and only one is a local. The other 11 teachers are non-local. All were moved out. This tells you that the management, and to be specific, the CEO and Chair of the TSC, have not involved the relevant stakeholders in this decision, including the security sector. They have done it singlehandedly, hence their action has furthered the objectives of the terror group which is out to instil fear and ensure that service delivery is seriously affected. The recruitment of untrained teachers is interesting. If you look at Article 237 of the Constitution, the TSC has no mandate to recruit untrained teachers. Why am I saying this? Article 237(2)(a) says TSC is to register trained teachers while paragraph (b) mandates it to recruit and employ registered teachers. That means that they have no mandate to recruit untrained teachers. Probably, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology can support and recruit untrained teachers to complement those who are there. But then, is there any effect on the ground that will warrant mass movement of teachers from that area? The answer is no. My brother asked: Were the people named and shamed? Yes, they were named and shamed. We have a regional commissioner who is a local with excellent contextual understanding of that area. He has named them. Matiang’i was on the ground. It is very important that teachers moved from that region be returned immediately. The fact is that is a border area. What is happening at the border area is terrible. They can be taken to safe areas within the county. There are areas that have not heard of any terror attack. My constituency, for example, which is of close proximity to Moyale, has never heard of an occurrence of a terror attacks, leave alone the terror itself. So the application of collective punishment to the entire North Eastern region is unwarranted, uncalled for and a lack of leadership and proper guidance from TSC Chair and CEO. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker this is a homegrown problem and has homegrown solutions. As much as the security sector will work hard to carry the whip, the hotspot areas are few, trust me. They are at the border of the entire North Eastern region. Wajir is the safest. You can talk of hotspot area but then…I think my time is up but then I request for the return of teachers. Homegrown solutions should be applied. Finally, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should complement the effort of TSC. The Chief Executive Officer and the Chair I think can resign because they have failed to give direction and leadership. This thing does not warrant…"
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