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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I directly support this Motion. I want to remind this House that in 2015, 28 teachers died in the north eastern parts of Kenya. Out of the 28 teachers, 14 were from the former Western Province, five of them were from Vihiga County and two were from Emuhaya, which I represent. We buried them. For us, our cash crop is our teachers. When we give you our coffee, who are the teachers and you throw it into water, that cannot be accepted. Therefore, I support this Motion that we get short-term solutions to have some teachers from those particular regions teach as we wait for security measures to be put in place. The national unity talked about in this House cannot be achieved at the expense of the teachers. We cannot use the teachers as guinea pigs to get the national unity we are yearning for. That is totally unacceptable. This issue came up severally in 2015 and 2016. In one of the many rulings we had over this issue, at one time, the court said, and that was in a ruling by Judge Byram, that in the event the interest of the child comes into contradiction with the interest of the teacher, the interest of the child shall suffice. We respected and took it, but this time it is the interest of quality education versus the right of the teacher. The right to life of the teacher has to suffice. Therefore, it is in order for us to support this Motion fully and indicate that these areas should have their The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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