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    "content": "evidence to doubt their claims that they were being victimised because they do not profess a certain faith. It was upon the TSC to call the leaders and say: “Can you explain to your society that if certain practices are not put to a halt, then we cannot assure them that we will send teachers from other parts of the country to this particular region?” It is against the law to either stop someone from working at a particular institution, because they do not profess a particular faith or doing certain things like dressing in a particular manner. It is important and our duty, as leaders, to educate the people that we lead to understand the diversity of our country. Therefore, it was great absconding of duty by the TSC and other Government agencies in making this decision. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to laud the decision by Sen. (Dr.) Ali to bring this Motion before this honourable House. It is quite telling that many residents nowadays--- By saying this, I am not wading into the continuing debate on supremacy or which House resolves issues and which one does not. However, things are what they are. It is a known fact nowadays that when there are issues of national importance, Kenyans prefer that they be handled by the Senate. This is because the Senate is a House of reason and when matters are presented before it, you are assured that you will get a solution whichever way. Therefore, Sen. (Dr.) Ali has proposed a very good roadmap of resolving this issue and has placed the matter rightfully where it belongs, that is, before our Standing Committee on Education. He has even pointed towards the direction that the Committee needs to look and the things they need to investigate. I want to urge the Members of the Standing Committee on Education not to treat this matter casually. They should consider it as soon as possible, so that if there are children who are not going to school, the matter can be resolved as soon as possible. The TSC can then be called to present their findings because I want to believe that by the time they were making this radical decision, they had concluded that the society therein had refused to give them the kind of help they needed for them to provide a conducive environment for their workforce. Therefore, it would be extremely important for this Committee to even look into the many challenges posed by delocalisation. This issue has caught up with our teachers and many of them are complaining and even sending us messages, as their Members of Parliament, to intervene. Some of them say: “I have just received a letter on my desk on a Friday indicating that next week I am supposed to report somewhere in the furthest point of this country. I have a family and I do not know what to do.” We all know the earnings of teachers. When the TSC makes these programmes, I wonder who sit down and think through some of these programmes before making decisions. Why are we so careless in the way we treat our fellow Kenyans? The fact that you are seated comfortably at the TSC headquarters, in an air conditioned office and earn a good salary, does not mean that you should make decisions to disenfranchise other Kenyans without due consideration of how their lives will be interrupted. Therefore, it will be important that the Standing Committee on Education looks into the issues that have been raised by Sen. (Dr.) Ali. The Committee should also consider this emerging challenge that is being posed by delocalisation and many other issues that are disturbing our education sector. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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