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    "id": 780510,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni",
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    "content": "some of the teachers from my area who are in those areas. What are they doing now? They want me to intervene and get them removed from that area. This narrative is dangerous for this country. It is not just the teachers. Army officers who have been posted to security zones in those areas are also putting pressure on us that they want to go back home. We have police officers who are all asking to be allowed to go back home. If we are not careful with this narrative, it is not that these people want to move because there is insecurity; they are using it to try and move out of that area. I agree that I would not want to sacrifice the life of one person for anything. But we have to be careful as leaders so that we do not allow a narrative in this country where people would just hold us to ransom, and especially those who come from my area for reasons that are not quite clear. I want to thank the Members from those areas who have spoken. They have made it clear to us. We know that we can intervene if somebody is unwell but we should avoid falling into a trap where we take in a narrative. Those are criminals and they have an objective. If we allow ourselves to just do what they want, they will hit another area and continue doing so. Even in areas we think are safe and where these teachers will go to, they will come and hit them. It is important for us to draw a line and make sure that this does not go beyond here, and especially isolate the insecure areas, deal with them and provide security to those areas. Education is a right. I hear the trade unionist in this House but the rights of the child still exist. We still need to respect the rights of the child but not at the expense of the life of another person. I need 1,900 teachers in Nyandarua County where we have that shortfall. If we say that we are recruiting untrained teachers in Wajir, why not in Nyandarua or other parts of this country? Those are issues that we may want to intervene and talk to but we have to be careful on the policy and against profiling without knowing. With those remarks, I hope the Government will give us a better solution than what is on the Floor before us."
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