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    "id": 784773,
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    "speaker_name": "March 29, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 3 Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have the response, and I have shared it with the Senator who sought the Statement. The Senator sought to know why the Government resorts to transfer the teachers from schools in Northern Kenya whenever the area faces insecurity. The Ministry of Education through the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is in charge of transfers and deployment of teachers throughout the country. Non-local teachers have been killed and others maimed in the recent past in Mandera and Wajir counties by the Al-Shabab militants. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the transfer of the non-local teachers in such situations is in line with the court ruling of 2015 against the TSC which held that the right to life is sacrosanct and supersedes all other rights under Chapter Four of the Constitution. The transfers are aimed at protecting and preserving the lives of the targeted teachers whose attacks are at times aided by some members of the local communities. In addition, the TSC transfer policy allows transfer of teachers who have completed three years since the first date of employment in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) areas. In other areas, it is supposed to be five years, however, the current TSC policy, in ASALs areas, a teacher qualifies for transfer after three years of employment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a very extensive table showing the number of teachers that have been transferred. However, in the interest of time, allow me to go to the summary part of the response. First, on the affirmative action, the TSC continuously recruits teachers from Northern Kenya on contract for three years upon their retirement. To this end, the TSC has recruited a total number of 184 teachers; 105 for primary schools and 79 for secondary schools since 2015 when the first serious insecurity incident was reported. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, all primary school teachers in Northern Kenya who have acquired a diploma or degree certificates and have met the minimum requirement have been deployed to secondary schools in the region for optimal utilization. Thirdly, all persons from Northern Kenya who have been registered as teachers by the TSC have been employed and deployed in the region. Lastly, the TSC has also opened up the recruitment period for teachers in Northern Kenya unlike other parts of the country where the deadline for recruitment always apply. Up to this time, the recruitment for teachers in the North Eastern region is still on. I am informed that a great number of teachers have applied and by the start of second term from May, these schools will be staffed as usual."
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