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    "id": 786417,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have a Petition to present. Standing Order No. 225(2)(b) requires that the Speaker reports to the House any Petition other than those presented through a Member. I, therefore, wish to communicate to the House that my office has received a Petition signed by Mr. Julius Kipkoech Bores on behalf of religious organisations and residents of Nandi County. The Petitioner alleges that there is an alarming shortage of primary school teachers, especially in rural areas in the country. The Petitioner asserts that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, in conjunction with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), has developed a policy of hiring teachers and posting them outside their counties. Further, he avers that this new policy has resulted in challenges especially to female primary school teachers with young families and children as they are forced to work in remote and hardship areas with insufficient hardship allowance. The Petitioner, therefore, prays that the National Assembly intervenes and enacts legislation that ensures that TSC enhances gender sensitivity while posting newly-hired female teachers with young families, and recommend recruitment of adequate number of teachers to all public schools across the country. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 227, this Petition, therefore, stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Education and Research for consideration. The Committee is requested to consider the Petition and report its findings to the Petitioner and the House in accordance with Standing Order 227(2). I thank you. Hon. Members, before I allow comments, let me allow Hon. Jude Njomo to also present his Petition."
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