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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Ahmed",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Kolosh Mohamed",
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    "content": "The most important thing is that we do a reality check. I support to the extent that we train more teachers for the people of northern Kenya. But what do we do? First, we need to understand the problem. That incident happened just at the border of Somalia. My constituency is 500 kilometres away and teachers have run away from that constituency simply because they wanted to come to this side. There is no single incident of an Al Shabaab attack that has happened in Wajir West, Eldas or Wajir North since the time we heard of the name “Al Shabaab.” Why are teachers running away from those areas? Is it not good that we carry out due diligence? Why are those teachers honourable? Should we take the local teachers in those areas to those zones and take the non-local teachers to areas where we think they are safe? I oppose this Motion and ask the Mover of this Motion and the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to convene an urgent meeting where we will discuss the reality on the ground and how best we can secure the lives of our teachers while not compromising the future of our children. I had the opportunity to talk to the CEO of the Teachers Service Commission. She has no clue about what is happening. She does not know the geographical areas. She has not consulted her Commission. She told me that she received orders. I do not know where she received those orders from. It is very sad to lose one life, not just that of a teacher but of any Kenyan. But if all non-locals leave Garissa and Wajir and go to Mwingi, the Al Shabaab will go there. They will shift from Mwingi and go to Nairobi and the Al Shabaab will come there. Tell us where we will go. More importantly, this Motion is unconstitutional. As my friend said, Article 237 of the Constitution says that TSC cannot employ untrained teachers. How do we debate here and say that we are urging the TSC to employ untrained teachers unless you are talking of constitutional amendments. The Mover of this Motion is a stakeholder in this. We can meet as stakeholders and agree on a most suitable way to save lives and the future of our children."
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